Posted on 05/14/2014 6:03:27 PM PDT by mandaladon
Nantes education authorities have launched a 'Lift the Skirt' campaign to support gender equality. Under the campaign, male students and teachers of 27 public schools are invited to wear skirts on May 16, sparking controversy in the western French city.
The idea to swap trousers for skirts in a stand against sexism originated from pupils themselves, and was sanctioned by the city's school authorities and therefore by the Ministry of Education, the Local reported.
Those who prefer not to bare their legs have the option of wearing a sticker which says, “I am fighting against sexism, are you?”
Although the campaign was staged in 20 schools last year, the anti-sexism initiative has caused a stir on social media and among local Nantes groups which are planning a protest on 'Lift the Skirt,' or 'Ce que soulève la jupe' day.
French political activist Frigide Barjot, known for her stance against same-sex marriage and LGBT adoption, shared the campaign's press release on twitter and asked the country's minister for education, Benoit Hamon, if girls should be wearing beards. “We’ll do any old nonsense in the name of equality,” Olivier Vial, president of the conservative UNI party, said. “This move is inspired by the Day of the Skirt, whose original aim was to allow women to express their femininity in environments where it was often difficult. But this is just denying feminine and masculine identity.”
The news comes just days after Thomas Neuwirth, a singer from Austria, won the Eurovision song contest while performing as bearded drag queen Conchita Wurst.
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“I suppose women will be wearing the pants on this day.”
There’s a place in France where the ladies wear no pants,
But the men don’t care....
Got it.
Just when you think libs can’t get stupider. Now they want to foist their lunacy on children.
I’ve got my agent on the line, where was that... /s
Nah - if they’re really serious about this “gender equality” thing, they should encourage the girls to wear dicks.
Uh I thought lift your skirt meant peeking up a girl’s skirt!
Shame on me! There are some things I never did when I was a schoolboy.
It sounds grossly indecent.
This is actually good news. It only drives up support for the far right in France, whose recent boon was due to backlash over the insane homo indoctrination being pushed in schools.
No wonder the Mooselimbs are taking over.
He’s thinking...
France as funny as moose and squirrel.
#NopantsinNantes
Vous me kiddez, non?
> skirting on the edge of insanity, no doubt.
Idiocy at the highest levels. Fags suck...
“Kilts are always acceptable wear”
Agreed.
I suspect that it is satire, especially since one of the names is “Frigide Barjot”. A rip on Bridget Bardot, I’m quite certain.
Yep. I can imagine Mr. Putin is getting quite a kick out of the West these days. The lunacy is probably much funnier when viewed from outside. It’s not so fun on the inside...
There’s a photo of 250,000 marching on Paris in Red White and Bleu, opposing gay marriage.
Makes me wonder what the world thinks of all of us.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7d8AiK8zsg&noredirect=1
Hey alot of muzzies ware skirts!!
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