<p>I’ve heard comments that university students don’t wear shorts as much as americans. Would it be inappropriate for D to wear shorts? She will be in southern France in July.</p>
<p>It’s probably true that they don’t wear shorts as much as Americans, but it certainly wouldn’t be inappropriate. Esp. when the weather is really hot.</p>
<p>Certainly she can wear whatever she would like! However, maybe it will be an opportunity for cultural insight. My French friend taught me how to wear a scarf. Maybe she will learn how to wear some sassy skirts. They are very cool in the summer and are fun to wear.</p>
<p>Our D just left for France. She will be travelling around with a faculty-led group for 3 weeks, and will end up in Lyon where she will be living with a family and taking classes at a university. She and the other young women were told by the professors in the French department that the exchange families last year complained about the female students wearing “short-shorts”. They were asked not to bring any short-shorts. D felt she didn’t have any shorts that are long enough (although even to my critical eye I wouldn’t consider many of her shorts to be THAT short) so she decided to wait until she gets there and go shopping. While she does have a few pair of “bermuda” type shorts, she would rather wait and buy some after she sees what the others are wearing.</p>
<p>Southern France can get pretty hot, so I don’t believe that none of the students wear shorts.</p>