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Radio 4,16 Sep 2011,58 mins

Public Displays of Affection, School skirts ban

Woman's Hour

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Presented by Jenni Murray. A Yorkshire school concerned about rising hemlines has decided to ban girls from wearing skirts. Guiseley School in Leeds is among a growing number of schools which have removed skirts from their approved uniform list to stop students coming to lessons in "inappropriate attire". But what do the students think of the new trousers only rule? Would you pucker up in public? As celebrities shamelessly kiss, canoodle - and more - for the world's paparazzi -how far would you go in a public demonstration of your love?

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