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French Students Protest School Ban On Miniskirts

by Bee-Shyuan Chang (Subscribe to Bee-Shyuan Chang's posts)
Posted Dec 23rd 2009 at 11:05AM  
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Emanuel Ungaro runway spring 2010.

A thigh-baring look from Emanuel Ungaro spring 2010 runway collection. Photo: Pascal Le Segretain, Getty Images

Long live the miniskirt!

French teens are fighting for their right to be scantily clad with nationwide protests against new dress codes that ban up-to-there fashions.

The first battle cry for liberté came from Lycée Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire in Essonne, a school just south of France, reports the Independent UK.

There, students protested a dress code imposed by a new headteacher that banned garments above the knee and holes in pants (guess those destroyed boyfriend jeans are out) by galavanting around school in skimpy duds for two days.

And it isn't just girls crying foul, guys want to show a bit of thigh too.

Student Léa Dedieu rallied 300 of the school's 2,100 students to participate in the protest for what she insists is a "philosophical point freedom"; boys wore Bermuda shorts and girls miniskirts, reports the source.

Turns out the school in Essone isn't alone in fighting for longer hemlines.

Lycée Condorcet d'Arcachon in Gironde, Lycée Saint-Jean-Hulst in Versailles and Lycée Saint-Joseph in Reims all have imposed new dress codes in place with various success -- 200 students in Gironde marched on the town to protest the restrictions.

Why all the protests? French sociologist Michel Fize blames it on T.V. "How can you say to a teenage girl that she is baring too much of her shoulder when those on television are doing exactly that?" he told the source.

Or maybe they're influenced by politics: France's First Lady was no stranger to minis in her modeling prime.

What do you think? Are teenagers dressing too sexy these days and if so, is T.V. to blame? Leave a comment!
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watdafuk, 12-26-2009, 10:33PM

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watdafuk

Good for them !

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kympathy, 12-26-2009, 11:08PM

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kympathy

Hey gaibianzj...weren't you commenting on another news article but pretending to be a GUY who likes older women...now you're the older women who likes younger guys...or are you a sick perv who likes to shill for your website? How much do they pay you to go on websites and write this stuff down? Can I get a job doing it - it seems like a nice stay at home job.

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razorbkdog, 12-26-2009, 11:35PM

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I remember when I was around 14 or 15 meeting another girl my age whose dad traveled internationally. They'd been to Paris recently when I saw her and she told me about how when she went out to shop from her hotel she had gotten busted on the street because she had on a mini skirt! Something about some law there... I'm not sure if this was a 'lost in translation' or what. I know she didn't speak French, but I also know that she had nothing about her which anyone could have mistaken as 'sex worker' or anything illegal. Just a .. young teenager in pretty mild makeup and clothing all things considered at the time. (tThis was mid sixties). I applaud these kids!! They carry on what is tradition in their country!

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honesty, 12-27-2009, 12:12AM

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What's wrong with that dress? It's feminine and pretty on her. Little too low cut on the top though. At least she doesn't look like a guy dressed in baggy jeans and looking sloppy. As long as the skirt isn't where your bottom is hanging out and you have the legs for it, I'm all for it. I prefer wearing shorter skirts too. Makes your legs look longer and if you have the legs, why not?

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clyde ward, 12-27-2009, 12:16AM

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I don't know.
I used to think, whatever you want to do, just don't hurt anyone else.
Then, I'm working out in the gym, and they've got some show with two guys kissing each other: "I love you,,,I love you!"
Blech!
I'd say that the watch word is "restraint" rather than "constraint".
JUst because you can do something, doesn't mean you ought to, because you piss off enough people, and you won't be able to do it, anymore.
Kids are in school to learn, not flash skin, and they've got enough trouble with hormones-how about helping them keep their minds on what's important?
Maybe, take a stand "We're here for education, and a modest dress code creates the best atmosphere for it."
They can party around, somewhere else. Schools are overwhelmed with social engineering, politicized history and science: it's not social hour, all day long.
Maybe, with some more constructive structure in our sciety, people would actually reach sexual maturity and move on to making a productive life for themsevles, rather than making careers out of contemplating their crotches.



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Roger, 1-11-2010, 1:22PM

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The first battle cry for liberté came from Lycée Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire in Essonne, a school just south of France, reports the Independent UK.

What's "just south of France"?? Spain, the Mediterranean, ???, ??? North Africa ???

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