High School Boys Wear Skirts to Send a Powerful Message

Last week, Steve Rukavina wrote a CBC article concerning the controversial movement boys in Montreal high schools have started at the beginning of the month. They have been wearing skirts to protest against the discrimination female students have been a victim of. Like in many high schools, dress code for skirt is strict; it must be worn to a maximum of 10 centimetres above the knee, or as I remember it, should not be shorter than three fingers above the knee. As Rukavina explains, “there are no equivalent restrictions on clothing generally worn by boys […]” which hypersexualize girls.