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Boys wear skirts for school in France in pro-equality protest

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Male students have turned up to school in Nantes, western France,wearing skirts in an anti-sexism move called “Lift the Skirt.”

The pro-equality initiative aimed to reduce sexism in French schools received the backing of the local education authority, and the majority of the boys:

“I thought wearing a skirt is no big deal and if it does some good…then great,” said one young man in fetching orange.

Outside one school the skirt wearing males were met by around 150 members of a right-wing ant…
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