Boy not allowed to wear shorts, but can wear skirt
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Boy wins fight over right to wear a skirt to school
From Tom Baldwin in Washington
A BAN on a New Jersey schoolboy wearing flowery skirts to school has been overturned after the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) claimed his rights were being violated.
At first, Michael Coviello only wanted to bend the uniform code at Hasbrouck Heights High School by donning shorts, which he had started wearing because of a knee injury.
But he was told that district policy prohibited shorts in winter.
He sought a meeting with Joseph Luongo, the school superintendent, and argued that it was unfair that girls were allowed to expose their legs and he was not. The superintendent suggested that if he felt that way, he should dress like a girl. Michael, 17, a drummer in the school band and a member of the golf team, called his bluff and went shopping.
He went to the mall and bought three skirts adorned with flowers and started wearing them to school. On the third day, the principal, Peter OÂ’Hare told him that his clothing was disruptive and that he could be sent home.
Unlike those fighting to keep their headscarves on at school in France or Shabina Begum, the 16-year-old British girl who won a High Court battle to keep on her head-to-toe jilbab, Michael’s mother decided that she wanted to help her son expose more — not less — of his body. She contacted the ACLU, which usually devotes its energy to fighting the Bush Administration on wiretaps and imprisonment without trial of terrorist suspects in Guantanamo Bay. She said: “If Michael wants to protest not being allowed to wear shorts, then he should have that right,” she said. “And now he shouldn’t be told not to wear skirts.”
Last week, the Coviellos, an ACLU representative and school administrators crafted a compromise: Michael is still not allowed to wear shorts, but he can wear a skirt.
“This is the right outcome,” Jeanne LoCicero, an ACLU lawyer, said in a written statement which hit out at a “senseless, discriminatory school policy”.
Glenn Ruroede, the vicepresident of the school board, said that he was not surprised by the studentÂ’s protest.
“Kids want to challenge the code,” he said. “You still get kids every day challenging the right to wear baseball caps.”
Michael now chooses from among his three skirts and a kilt as his daily outfit. He wears them with T-shirts featuring heavy-metal bands, such as Metallica or Slipknot, or funny sayings, he said.
His is not the only case of its kind. Nathan Warmack, a student at Jackson High School in Missouri, was barred from a school dance because he was wearing a kilt. The actions prompted outrage among the the many Americans who claim Scottish descent and an internet petition was signed by more than 10,000 supporters. Nathan has now received an apology from school officials. -
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yesss! score one for freedom of speech!
now THATS a REAL GUY. Got some balls to wear a skirt. Im afraid I can't say the same for most guys here.
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I think Guys will look super ugly with skirts. Can't imagine a mini-skirt.
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easier to pee when going toilet
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why dun u give it a try n see if people think its ugly?Originally posted by photo_seeker:I think Guys will look super ugly with skirts. Can't imagine a mini-skirt.
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The bible says a man shall dress like a man and a woman shall dress like a woman.
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that means no pants for women.Originally posted by shade343:The bible says a man shall dress like a man and a woman shall dress like a woman.
the bible also says that men cannot wear mixed fibres and men must not shave.
so, do u follow all that too?
next question, who ever said that skirts are only for women? and what about kilts? why is it that 2 pieces of garments which are the same should be for different genders? who decides? back before pants were invented, what did men wear? they wore a piece of cloth that goes around the waist. how is that different from skirts?
u really think that social prejudices should dictate what is meant for men n women? what about non-gender specific clothing like t-shirts n trackpants?
come on, nothing is THAT simple. Just because that boy has the balls to wear a skirt doesn' mean he's dressing like a woman. Are u going to tell me that skirts are meant for women because women wear it? if what women wear decides which gender a piece of garment is meant for, then ALL u guys are dressing like women because u're wearin pants n jeans, which women wear as well.
he might be wearing a skirt but who is to say he's dressing like a woman?
Vin Diesel wears a skirt, let me see u call him a "woman" to his face.
U know whats the problem with u men? not only do u not have the balls to wear a skirt, u also do not have the balls to accept that u can choose not to conform to social norms, u do not have the balls to accept new evolutionary thinking. No balls at all. -
hm i guess that guy will have smooth legs.........
shaved legs too........ -
Any rule prohibiting a boy to wear a girl's school uniform at his school in Singapore?
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u wan to wear meh?....i wouldnt wan...........Originally posted by charlize:Any rule prohibiting a boy to wear a girl's school uniform at his school in Singapore? -
JC 1st 3mths that time always have uniform exchange programOriginally posted by charlize:Any rule prohibiting a boy to wear a girl's school uniform at his school in Singapore?
i once saw a guy wearing convent pinafore........ -
scottish revolution.. -
Not allowed to wear shorts but can wear skirt?
What kind of rule is that?
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HAHAHAAHAH!! BRILLIANT!!! You owned him so badlyOriginally posted by HENG@:that means no pants for women.
the bible also says that men cannot wear mixed fibres and men must not shave.
so, do u follow all that too?
next question, who ever said that skirts are only for women? and what about kilts? why is it that 2 pieces of garments which are the same should be for different genders? who decides? back before pants were invented, what did men wear? they wore a piece of cloth that goes around the waist. how is that different from skirts?
u really think that social prejudices should dictate what is meant for men n women? what about non-gender specific clothing like t-shirts n trackpants?
come on, nothing is THAT simple. Just because that boy has the balls to wear a skirt doesn' mean he's dressing like a woman. Are u going to tell me that skirts are meant for women because women wear it? if what women wear decides which gender a piece of garment is meant for, then ALL u guys are dressing like women because u're wearin pants n jeans, which women wear as well.
he might be wearing a skirt but who is to say he's dressing like a woman?
Vin Diesel wears a skirt, let me see u call him a "woman" to his face.
U know whats the problem with u men? not only do u not have the balls to wear a skirt, u also do not have the balls to accept that u can choose not to conform to social norms, u do not have the balls to accept new evolutionary thinking. No balls at all.
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Ever seen a school student diary says that guys can wear skirt!!! I believe if a male student is seen wearing a skirt will be taken for counseling session, and has his parents alerted and made to change right away. Firstly its against the norm of society. Secondly prinicipals are always concern about the school image, they will never want to show the public that, "look i have male students wearing skirts they are the pride of our school."
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Damn, HENG@ rocks! Whattaa savage epiphany.
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hahaha wear skirt he trying to reversing / distorting the nature ?
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If got male pregnancy, what is impossible? Talk about male pregnancy, that is ridiculous.Originally posted by ghimpheng:hahaha wear skirt he trying to reversing / distorting the nature ?
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In the first place, why on earth was he barred from wearing shorts? After all, he did have a pretty logical reason for it: he had a leg injury and long pants would be really difficult to wear.
It wasn't as if he was going to cause a massive disruption by turning up in shorts. Nor was he trying to be mailicious in doing so. -
norm of society? who decides what is "norm"?Originally posted by NewAge:Ever seen a school student diary says that guys can wear skirt!!! I believe if a male student is seen wearing a skirt will be taken for counseling session, and has his parents alerted and made to change right away. Firstly its against the norm of society. Secondly prinicipals are always concern about the school image, they will never want to show the public that, "look i have male students wearing skirts they are the pride of our school."
the narrow and close minded people decide what is "norm"?
why is it people just have no guts to evolutionize their thinking and accepted "norms"? -
no i believe he is just proving he's more of a man than u'll ever beOriginally posted by ghimpheng:hahaha wear skirt he trying to reversing / distorting the nature ? -
lol. heng seems to be very supportive of people trying to upset the status quo of society
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men at that time wore tunics which are somewhat in resemblence of modern day dresses.Originally posted by shade343:The bible says a man shall dress like a man and a woman shall dress like a woman.