Tart or lesbian? How pupils at all-girl primaries live in fear of labels that stick
Teachers regularly made the word "lady" synonymous with ideal behaviour: "Nice ladies open doors for others" or "Ladies don't talk with their mouths full".
The word was also used to refer to acceptable standards of appearance. Two girls said they were told off because they attempted to go home in their games kit.
One said: "I should not be seen to be dressed like this by people from outside of the school. I could run into builders and perverts on the way home."
Dr Allan said: "Even by doing something as supposedly simple as wearing a netball skirt to travel home from school, this girl appeared to be caught up in judgments about her moral and sexual behaviour."
