Male Teachers Are Wearing Skirts To Class In Order To Protest This Student Getting Expelled Over It
This is education done right. The teachers of Spain are standing in solidarity with a male student who was expelled last year for wearing a skirt to class by showing up at their jobs clad in skirts themselves. It’s all part of the Clothes Have No Gender (#laropanotienegenero) movement that aims to put an end to stereotypical gender norms in the European country.
The movement was at its peak in late October and early November of 2020, but very recently it has gained lots of renewed attention both in real life, online, and in the media, as more male teachers joined the protest.
At the start of May 2021, 37-year-old Manuel Ortega and 36-year-old Borja Velázquez started coming to class dressed in skirts, in response to a recent case of bullying at the Virgen de Sacedon primary school in Valladolid where they work. In this particular case, a boy was bullied for wearing an anime sweatshirt, had to endure homophobic slurs, and took the piece of clothing off.
Teacher Borja Velázquez, along with his coworker Manuel Ortega, reignited the Clothes Have No Gender movement after a recent incident
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They both decided to wear skirts to class and teach their students about tolerance after a student at their school was bullied for the clothes he was wearing
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Ortega (left) and Velázquez (right) are fighting against gender stereotypes. They’re among a number of Spanish male teachers wearing skirts
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Naturally, Ortega and Velázquez were outraged at the bullying going on in their school and decided to join the Clothes Have No Gender movement in order to promote tolerance, respect, and diversity.
Both teachers are educating their students about how to break prejudices that they might have learned from their parents while at home. According to Velázquez, who spoke to El Pais, the most read newspaper in Spanish online, they wanted to teach kids that words hurt and that there was a need for change.
Some of the things they taught their students include that it’s all right for boys to be in the kitchen or to have long hair while it’s also perfectly fine for girls to love soccer and have short hair.
Jose Piñas was one of the first teachers to show solidarity at work back in the Autumn of 2020 after a male student was expelled for wearing a skirt
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Mikel Gómez, who was expelled for wearing a skirt, shared more information about what happened in a viral TikTok video
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You can watch the full video right here
@mikelgmzNo me daba tiempo a contarlo todo☠️##parati♬ original sound – Mikel Gómez
And here’s a translation of what the student says, just in case you don’t speak Spanish
Everything came to a head in late Autumn of last year when a student, 15-year-old Mikel Gómez, was expelled from his school in Bilbao and referred to psychologists for wearing a skirt to class.
According to El Pais, Gómez did this to support feminists and trans people and to stand up against bullying. After being told to go to a psychologist, he uploaded a recording of himself denouncing this and got hundreds of boys to wear skirts themselves in protest.
At the start of November, male students and teachers alike all over Spain stood in solidarity with Gómez and against hate by wearing stereotypically feminine clothing. The movement started a fierce debate in Spain among educators and parents alike that’s going on to this very day.
Gómez inspired lots of other students and teachers to dress in skirts and promote tolerance
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Here’s how some internet users have reacted to the Clothes Have No Gender movement
It's so weird that clothes are still gendered. It's okay for girls to wear pants but not for boys to wear skirts. Sadly we know why (misogny). Anything coded "feminine" is looked down on. And it really sucks.
If they had worn skirts that looked like kilts, the school would have been stuck. You tell the Scots that kilts are feminine, see what happens.
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Not fair. They all have better looking legs than I do. LOL But seriously. This is the same kind of fuss that women had to endure just to have the right to wear pants in the workplace and in school. If a guy wants to wear a skirt or makeup, whom is he hurting? Nobody.
Yep... Scottish person... had to wear one to school...
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It wouldn't be honest of me to not say it's weird to me, but that's because I'm not used to seeing men in skirts. And thinking about it I realize that finding it weird is weird, because men wearing skirts used to be the norm. We are really brainwashed. Go ahead and wear what you want.
High heels were first wore by men for horse riding; "tights" too-check medieval paintings, catholic clergy still wearing the cassock and the alb-the long white garment. So wtf are they talking about? Still mad that female flight attendants are forced to wear skirts and effing high heels at 30 000 feet high!
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All I have to say is that they look really good in skirts. I don't wear skirts but I'm now inspired to try them
Ironically when women began wearing pants they went thru the same type of issues. Look at us now with a massive industry based on female pants styles. Furthermore skirts and skirt like garments, (ie kilts, togas),have historically been male clothing. In fact history is full of skirts for men no matter what culture you're referencing. We've become so narrow minded.
Still insufficient pockets in women’s clothing from what I have been told.
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I think it's the 4th picture but that skirt looks cute asf and he looks good in it.
The denim one with the little embroidered border? I know, right! So cute 😍
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These are good people. Meanwhile in Greece, a young fem. politician characterized women who don't shave and men who wear makeup and shave, as "sick minority". https://www.instagram.com/tv/CPixGUrhUM0/?utm_medium=copy_link
I'm proud to be that sicko! The sad thing is how statements like hers affects others who really don't need to be told off for how they express their gender identity.
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This kid and his teachers are so awesome! Clothing discrimination of any kind is stupid.
Good on them. Skirts are so comfortable. I've had the pleasure of wearing them on a number of occasions (where I didn't need pockets).
Check the above mentioned utilikilt by Bowtechie. They are awwwwwwesome!
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I'm a girl and i always wear pants. If that's allowed, then my guy friends can wear a skirt. It's a piece of cloth in a particular shape, like that's litterally all it is😂
i'm an hetero male, and i wore a skirt once to test it. i never wore something such comfy in my whole life. the fact that males never wear skirts is a great mystery to me
But.. anime is cool? Why would a kid be bullied for wearing an anime shirt, even if it's Sailor Moon?
Personally, I can't think of anything sexier than a man in a kilt. That's still a skirt, right? So, Scotland is the only progressive country on the planet? I mean seriously - with all the bullshit going on in the world today, we're going to worry about what CLOTHES someone chooses to wear?
Jean-Paul Gaultier has been putting gorgeous male skirts on the runway since 0985. Still no effect on everyday streetwear.
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No more bs, let black people wear their hair in whatever fashion they want, let kids dress like they want. Let people do what they want, as long as it does not harm others. I was an au pair for a family with two kids, the older boy was super curious about everything and in grade school eventually wore his hair long, then into a pony tail then into a boy bun, pierced his ears etc. The only thing we objected to was the bullying!! Which we spoke with him about before okaying it all. He is safe, loved and has grown into a fine young man
Sometimes I think I was born too early. I'd much rather wear a kilt than trousers, but not living in Scotland, or even being a Scot, I have to put up with stares, questions, and generally rude comments. I hope things go better for this young fellow and the future!
It's bad enough it happens to people every day for no reason. So, why do something that will incite idiots to do it anyway.
Screw skirts, Utilikilts are a thing and pretty good looking, too boot (can't say the same for some of the guys legs but oh well...). And are you going to shame the Scots and Irish who have worn kilts, i.e. skirts for many generations? Isn't that discrimination?
In the US there is a company called Utilikilts - people who work in the building trades (and many other types of work) rave about comfort and durability. I had a few co-workers at the service desks I have worked at who wore them.
Clothes *do* have gender, though. In every single culture on earth, there are clothes that are for men, and clothes that are for women. This is true for literally every. single. organic. human. culture. in. the. world. The only societies in which gendered clothing was abolished (with men and women all expected to dress in the same sexless garments) were the revolutionary Communist dictatorships, in pursuit of their goal of abolishing the difference between the sexes.
Though that is true, who cares if a boy wants to wear a skirt?
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I dunno. Meet and greet? War of words? Will Billy Porter and Harry Styles have to step in? Now you have me worried: oh dear, has this cis-het demigirl's pants caused a kerfuffle amongst drag kings, butch lesbians, and trans males?
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Your attitude is disgusting, cover it with some kindness.
Load More Replies... It's so weird that clothes are still gendered. It's okay for girls to wear pants but not for boys to wear skirts. Sadly we know why (misogny). Anything coded "feminine" is looked down on. And it really sucks.
If they had worn skirts that looked like kilts, the school would have been stuck. You tell the Scots that kilts are feminine, see what happens.
Load More Replies... Not fair. They all have better looking legs than I do. LOL But seriously. This is the same kind of fuss that women had to endure just to have the right to wear pants in the workplace and in school. If a guy wants to wear a skirt or makeup, whom is he hurting? Nobody.
Yep... Scottish person... had to wear one to school...
Load More Replies... It wouldn't be honest of me to not say it's weird to me, but that's because I'm not used to seeing men in skirts. And thinking about it I realize that finding it weird is weird, because men wearing skirts used to be the norm. We are really brainwashed. Go ahead and wear what you want.
High heels were first wore by men for horse riding; "tights" too-check medieval paintings, catholic clergy still wearing the cassock and the alb-the long white garment. So wtf are they talking about? Still mad that female flight attendants are forced to wear skirts and effing high heels at 30 000 feet high!
Load More Replies... All I have to say is that they look really good in skirts. I don't wear skirts but I'm now inspired to try them
Ironically when women began wearing pants they went thru the same type of issues. Look at us now with a massive industry based on female pants styles. Furthermore skirts and skirt like garments, (ie kilts, togas),have historically been male clothing. In fact history is full of skirts for men no matter what culture you're referencing. We've become so narrow minded.
Still insufficient pockets in women’s clothing from what I have been told.
Load More Replies... I think it's the 4th picture but that skirt looks cute asf and he looks good in it.
The denim one with the little embroidered border? I know, right! So cute 😍
Load More Replies... These are good people. Meanwhile in Greece, a young fem. politician characterized women who don't shave and men who wear makeup and shave, as "sick minority". https://www.instagram.com/tv/CPixGUrhUM0/?utm_medium=copy_link
I'm proud to be that sicko! The sad thing is how statements like hers affects others who really don't need to be told off for how they express their gender identity.
Load More Replies... This kid and his teachers are so awesome! Clothing discrimination of any kind is stupid.
Good on them. Skirts are so comfortable. I've had the pleasure of wearing them on a number of occasions (where I didn't need pockets).
Check the above mentioned utilikilt by Bowtechie. They are awwwwwwesome!
Load More Replies... I'm a girl and i always wear pants. If that's allowed, then my guy friends can wear a skirt. It's a piece of cloth in a particular shape, like that's litterally all it is😂
i'm an hetero male, and i wore a skirt once to test it. i never wore something such comfy in my whole life. the fact that males never wear skirts is a great mystery to me
But.. anime is cool? Why would a kid be bullied for wearing an anime shirt, even if it's Sailor Moon?
Personally, I can't think of anything sexier than a man in a kilt. That's still a skirt, right? So, Scotland is the only progressive country on the planet? I mean seriously - with all the bullshit going on in the world today, we're going to worry about what CLOTHES someone chooses to wear?
Jean-Paul Gaultier has been putting gorgeous male skirts on the runway since 0985. Still no effect on everyday streetwear.
Load More Replies... No more bs, let black people wear their hair in whatever fashion they want, let kids dress like they want. Let people do what they want, as long as it does not harm others. I was an au pair for a family with two kids, the older boy was super curious about everything and in grade school eventually wore his hair long, then into a pony tail then into a boy bun, pierced his ears etc. The only thing we objected to was the bullying!! Which we spoke with him about before okaying it all. He is safe, loved and has grown into a fine young man
Sometimes I think I was born too early. I'd much rather wear a kilt than trousers, but not living in Scotland, or even being a Scot, I have to put up with stares, questions, and generally rude comments. I hope things go better for this young fellow and the future!
It's bad enough it happens to people every day for no reason. So, why do something that will incite idiots to do it anyway.
Screw skirts, Utilikilts are a thing and pretty good looking, too boot (can't say the same for some of the guys legs but oh well...). And are you going to shame the Scots and Irish who have worn kilts, i.e. skirts for many generations? Isn't that discrimination?
In the US there is a company called Utilikilts - people who work in the building trades (and many other types of work) rave about comfort and durability. I had a few co-workers at the service desks I have worked at who wore them.
Clothes *do* have gender, though. In every single culture on earth, there are clothes that are for men, and clothes that are for women. This is true for literally every. single. organic. human. culture. in. the. world. The only societies in which gendered clothing was abolished (with men and women all expected to dress in the same sexless garments) were the revolutionary Communist dictatorships, in pursuit of their goal of abolishing the difference between the sexes.
Though that is true, who cares if a boy wants to wear a skirt?
Load More Replies... I dunno. Meet and greet? War of words? Will Billy Porter and Harry Styles have to step in? Now you have me worried: oh dear, has this cis-het demigirl's pants caused a kerfuffle amongst drag kings, butch lesbians, and trans males?
Load More Replies... Your attitude is disgusting, cover it with some kindness.
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