| Money VS Equality |
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| Written by Steven Arness | |
| Tuesday, 19 April 2005 | |
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Money VS Equality I talked about this in another article, but thought I'd give it it's own title. A while back in some searches I did I
came across some sexist dress codes that applies to clubs and even
events put on by cities and came across some of these listed
inequalities. Males: Must wear sleeved shirts, no exposed chest, shorts no shorter then knee length, no open toed shoes. In some more formal areas its even more
restrictive in stating long sleeve shirts, full length trousers,
button shirts, and maybe even a tie and vest. The only restrictions I've seen on
females however might be no bare midriff, and at formal events is a
skirt of knee length or longer. As such they are allowed to have more
exposed chests, bare arms, legs, and backs. Even at a formal event a
female could attend in a halter top, knee length dress that dipps
down between her breasts (possibly reaching her navel) and an even lower dip in the back to her
rear end. And of course she could also wear a pencil skirt style that
has a side slit that goes all the way to her waist. All this of course is perfectly
acceptable while the males are strictly restricted in flexing their
limitations of defining traditional attire. And thats where males get stuck, a boss
male say that all males must wear ties at work because it is
traditional. As such without fighting such traditions, males will
always be stuck in the same path whether they like it or not. Females on the other hand usually get
away with it as it is tied to fashion, and countless people are
making new designs and styles for females every day. The problem with
males is mostly that they are unwilling to stray from the path of
tradition, so even when someone designs something new for males, it
is usually a flop. One of the big sellers of fashion are
celebrities like singers, movie, and TV personalities, and here again
designers will make something different for females while sticking
with convention for males. All this can be seen when the Emmy's are
shown, there are numerous things about the clothing that the females
were wearing for weeks after the show. And just possibly you may find
a thing or two about what a male was wearing but this is usually
about one in twenty. So back to the topic, Money VS
Equality, how does this relate? Well as mentioned, male attire when
attending events is fairly restricted while female attire is not. You
could go to an establishment with a cover charge and they say ten
dollars for females and fifteen for males. Sexist discrimination in
my opinion, but the city has exempted such places as to having to
follow civil rights laws on equality as they are more interested in
making money off of the males who want to be around females. So
hopefully with only a ten dollar cover charge (or even free like they
have on ladies nights) you would attract more males to the
establishment. On top of this if a male shows up in shorts or open
toed shoes he may be denied entrance into this establishment while
his female companion is not. And some of these places go so far as
saying that males are not allowed to wear female clothing yet do not
say that females are not allowed to wear male clothing. This all of
course follows on traditional wear, and since they ban anything
nontraditional, they make it impossible for it to ever become
traditional and acceptable. It is fortunate that I have never had
the privilege of attending such a place, but if I ever do, rest
assured I will raise heck if I'm denied being treated equally. And
yes, there have been court cases already that have set a precedent
that having two sets of prices based on a persons sex is illegal. Steven Arness Related Items: |
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