Is it just me or is this to do with whether boys need to tie something around their necks so they can look like grown-ups ? I went for a job as a flying instructor where they wanted me to wear a shirt and tie and I threatened to turn it down on the grounds that it would make me look as if I was auditioning for a role in Prisoner Cell Block H. They took me on and changed the dress code - but only for girls. The boys still wear the silly old collar and tie and none of them has ever challenged it. Could Freud explain this ??????