Female students at a Carlow secondary school have been told by teachers not to wear tight-fitting clothing to PE, as it is distracting for male staff.

Presentation College Carlow spoke to all female students in their year groups last Friday and asked them not to wear leggings or tight bottoms.

One parent told me her daughter was told "they should have more respect for themselves than to be showing off their bodies and they're basically using their bodies to distract male teachers"

This parent says the school body-shamed students.

"The responsibility shouldn't be put on teenage girls to stop boys and men being distracted"

"It's sexist. If the boys can wear a fitted pant, why can the girls pants not be fitted"

The school has ignored three requests, two via email and one phone call, to comment on the story.

But more importantly, at the time of this tweet and to the best of my knowledge, has not responded to any parents who have contacted them about this.

A petition has been started regarding the display of sexism at the school https://www.change.org/p/students-across-ireland-sexism-against-female-students-in-school-by-the-staff-and-students?utm_content=cl_sharecopy_25930690_en-GB%3A5&recruiter=857399936&recruited_by_id=0df4f010-1369-11e8-8632-4f6bddf89870&utm_source=share_peti