YOUNG men in the UK are getting a bad rap – not for what they do, but for how they dress. Hoodies and low-hanging pants are all the rage in cities like London. But to many members of the older generation, such dress suggests criminal intent. Guardian columnist Zoe Williams recently came to the defense of young men who prefer such fashion. “We talk so much about the pressures on young women to conform,” wrote Williams. “It seems to me that young men are just as alienated; they are openly, discourteously scrutinized and judged by a yardstick that their female peers have been liberated from.” Here’s what readers had to say about the issue: