Yes, I hadn't followed the train of thought far enough to be thinking about boys and the 'feminine'. Bah!

Uniforms are horrid anyway, and unfair on poorer families. And horrid.
Oh, how I loathed school uniform, in its particulars and in principle. And it was even fit for purported purpose: children can always introduce fashion rules and cause for bullying. In my case all the other girls got their mothers to make school dresses in the cotton gingham with full circle skirts, while I got a dress in the floral synthetic, cut tight to fit my family's budget.