“Maybe I’ll get booed for saying this, but many companies and the military [have] a dress code,” Kaptur reportedly said. “I have been appalled at some of the dress of … members and staff. Men have to wear ties and suits.”
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If, as a woman, you’re flaunting your assets with super short skirts, cleavage hanging out, off the shoulder tops/dresses, clothing that looks like lingerie, I DO think you are inviting a certain type of ‘attention’ .... some men just look, others might whistle or make a comment & some even act on what looks ‘inviting’. If you find these reactions offensive or can’t handle it, or consider it ‘sexual harassment/assault’, don’t (un)dress that way.
I’m going to date myself here, but when I was in ‘business’ & working for a financial institution, ‘we women’ had a dress code ... it was just understood that you wore sensible (not stiletto) heels or dressy flats, hose (no bare legs), a nice business suit (skirts only at first, but pants became acceptable before I left), a decent blouse with a high neckline/collar, & minimal, classy jewelry. There were affairs at work (caught a couple in the parking deck myself!) & I’m sure there was some harassment, sexual & otherwise (I had my own experience with the ‘otherwise’ variety). Sexual harassment was just hitting HR as something the employees had to be ‘educated’ about & at the time, it was used mainly as a weapon by upper management to get rid of people they didn’t like and couldn’t fire any other way; however, dressing as we did (men in suits/ties of course), it set a certain tone in the office .... actual ‘business’ was the business that was being conducted and very little of anything else.
I worked in a bank long ago (Kennedy was president). I came to work my first day with a slightly off white color shirt. I got exactly 50 feet inside the door when the Ex VP stopped me and asked if I was a communist! I said, no of course not. He said the men here wear white shirts. I countered that the light pastels were making their way into the workplace to which he said perhaps, but not here. He continued: there is a mens shop across the street, they open at 10 Go get a white shirt. Oh, BTW that counts as your lunch break.
I never saw any of the women dressed in slut attire and given my first day experience I could understand why.
They want the attention, but only from men of their choosing. They want the law to ensure they are able to dress for the auction, but only attract bids from qualified buyers. :)