school uniforms

If there’s one thing that Anthony*, a Queensland father of two, has learned in wanting to send his children to a private school, it’s this: “There’s what’s legal, and then there’s what’s right.”

While schools were often sites of harm for our participants, uniform should not be seen as a “normal” part of growing up.

A new study plans to confirm the ways girls’ uniform stop them from running around, being active and playing sports.

In allowing gender neutral uniforms, schools can rewrite harmful gender norms and stereotypes. Let’s make this ‘back to school’ season different.