A new dress code imposed by a university head in southern
Hungary has prompted students to strip down to their underwear in protest. Under the rules imposed on 1 October, women are barred from wearing
mini-skirts and men have to wear dark suits.
The code, announced by Kaposvar University Rector Ferenc Szavai, is aimed at
classes and exams. A group of 10 art school students went topless in class on Thursday to
protest at the instructions. They were joined by their speech instructor who was taking the class.
According to the new code, women will have to wear long skirts or trousers
and a blouse and jacket, while avoiding low neck-lines, heavy make-up and
inappropriate fashion accessories. Flip-flops are banned, as are unkempt hair and fingernails.
But the students objected to the conservative regulations and complained that
the university had failed to legislate for warmer days. Before the class took part in their underwear protest, they posed for a
picture in their full clothing.
2 comments:
I've decided to ban the wearing of miniskirts in my flat. I really hope a group of young women in their twenties don't feel the need to hold some kind of naked protest here. I really hope not. That would be terrible.
Yes, that would be awful.
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