Why don't girls yamakas?

Answer 1

Girls don't typically wear yarmulkes, though they can in some reform or similar synagogues, but it is more from tradition then anything else. One reason I can gather for this is that originally it was the opposite, with woman wearing yarmulkes and men not having to. For some reason, possibly that it was wished to be different from the other religion for a sense of individuality, or even possibly left over from the days of accepted sexism, this was switched. In orthodox or conservative synagogues women still wear a form of head covering, normally something like a small piece of lace.