The real reason
The majority of people agreed with Tony and felt that the dress rule was discriminatory against women. Many people supported his efforts to improve the school’s dress code and safeguard the girls. A few people, however, raised an excellent issue that should be taken into account.
Allowing youngsters to wear whatever they chose could lead to some of them overstepping the line of acceptable attire. In other words, how were they going to come up with a uniform dress code that would be fair to all?