Staff writer, with CNASeveral parents’ organizations yesterday staged a protest in front of the Ministry of Education building in Taipei against a public high school’s decision to allow male students to wear skirts to school. The protesting groups, including the Taiwan Mothers Shield Alliance and the Parents Association, issued a statement saying the school is misleading children into believing that allowing boys to wear skirts is gender equality. Banqiao Senior High School on Monday confirmed that starting from the new school semester in September, it would allow male students to wear skirts to school, in a move to promote gender equality. Student Affairs Division head Lin San-wei (林三維) said the school last month scrapped a regulation regarding students’ dress code, which originally stipulated that male students can only wear pants. Scrapping the rule means that male students can wear skirts to school if they choose to, without facing punishment, while female students can continue to wear either skirts or pants, Lin said.

Source: Taipei Times July 26, 2019 15:56 UTC