Missouri's new dress code for female lawmakers
Thought for the day
Please tell me Missouri's new dress code for female lawmakers is a joke. Going forward, women in the state House of Representatives must cover up their arms by wearing blazers or cardigans. As I understand it, the driving force behind Wednesday's vote was supposed to make electeds look more professional. If I'm not mistaken, no such rule exists in the state Senate.
After digesting what recently has happened in the Show-Me State, I have two questions:
First, will this new dress code make female lawmakers, or the men they serve with, smarter? If that's the case, then I might be persuaded to agree with the idea of wearing blazers or cardigans (but we all know an increase in IQ is highly unlikely); and second, does this new dress code extend from the floor of the state House to lawmakers' districts? Does anyone expect women to wear blazers during Missouri's humid summer months when they host meetings with constituents or shake hands and kiss babies at county fairs?
If this new dress code idea catches on, allow me be the first to suggest Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) be required to wear a blazer or cardigan during committee hearings and press conferences. I'm sorry, but even if Jordan does, I'm not sure that will make him smarter.
-DF
This is becoming Afghanistan's oppression of women. Let's try telling all the network TV weather people (who are women) that they now need to show no bare arms! OOOOH the right to bear arms!
I agrée Denny. It is preposterous. It seems many of the red states want to go back to the 60’s when to the delight of their male counterparts and bosses, women could not wear pants to work but they could wear mini- skirts.