What is correct attire?

The crop top or short tee-shirt, the garment of scandal.

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By: Emmanuelle Bastide

2 min

Skirt too short, "crop top", neckline too plunging for girls, hood, or cap for boys: what is a correct outfit?

Are women discriminated against and men freer to dress as they wish?

Should certain outfits be banned at work or at school?

At the risk of a wave of high school protests on the internet, as in September 2020, in France with # monday14septembre?

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With:

  • Gabrielle Richard

    , gender sociologist, researcher associated with

    the Interdisciplinary Research Laboratory on the Transformations of Educational Practices and Social Practices (LIRTES) at the University of Paris-Est Créteil

    and at the

    Research Chair on Homophobia at the University of Quebec to Montreal

  • Yves-Laurent Goma

    , RFI correspondent in Gabon.

    In February 2020, the dean of the

    Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences of the Omar Bongo University in Libreville

    , Monique Mavoungou Bouyou invited the heads of departments to put an end to the “sartorial drifts” of the students.

    A decision already applied in the Gabonese public administration.

    We take a look back at these clothing requirements with our correspondent in Libreville.

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