Private school girls in Australia are being ordered to wear bike pants under their clothes at social functions to reduce the risk of being sexually assaulted. Girls' schools have issued the directive to students attending dances amid concerns that inappropriate touching by boys could lead to criminal charges.
In a recent newsletter, Catholic girls' school All Hallows, in Brisbane's inner north, detailed the dress code for students at dances.
"Girls should not wear overly revealing clothing such as very short, tight shorts or skirts or strapless, strappy, backless or plunging tops or dresses," the newsletter said. "Short skirts, dresses or shorts must only be worn over leggings or tights." The strict dress code is being enforced at entry points to school dances.
Deputy principal Richard Ward said the school had changed its dress regulations in the past 12 months at the request of girls' schools.
"We used to say they couldn't wear bike pants, leggings, that sort of stuff but then the girls' schools got in touch and said 'leggings are a good idea', so we changed our dress code".
Mr Ward said the crackdown on "provocative dress" was necessary to protect their own students from getting into strife. "As far as the boys go, you're dealing with adolescent boys. They do inappropriate things," Mr Ward said.
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