Comments on: This primary school now has a genderless uniforms policy https://www.mambaonline.com/2017/03/25/primary-school-now-genderless-uniforms-policy/ South Africa's leading LGBTQ news and community platform Tue, 03 Aug 2021 04:22:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Thomas Bizzell https://www.mambaonline.com/2017/03/25/primary-school-now-genderless-uniforms-policy/#comment-1136998 Tue, 03 Aug 2021 04:22:16 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=72664#comment-1136998 I know that this is an old article. I am a bit cynical. I doubt that the item that the school calls a kilt is something that a boy would be willing to wear. It is most certainly not the equivalent of a Scottish kilt.
It was designed using lightweight fabric for young females and may look sort of like a kilt.

There could be boys willing to occasionally wear a kilt, if they were offered a true “kilt” that looked like the males garment with the kilt belt and sporran.

I hate the PC term “cultural appropriation”. All of these schools that are incorporating what is a male garment into the wardrobe for young females are bastardizing a Scottish National Dress. Dont call it a kilt unless you are going to offer a real option to the males. Otherwise, the schools are denigrating a national icon of someone elses heritage.

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