Friday, November 18, 2016
Dress Codes for Women Under Mike Flynn's DIA
Just came across this article from The Daily Beast on General Mike Flynn, Trump's pick for national security advisor.
Reading it reminded me of the opening anecdote from When Everything Changed - in which Gail Collins describes a judge's reaction to a woman showing up to traffic court wearing slacks.
Here's the link: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/11/18/gen-mike-flynn-s-office-told-women-to-wear-makeup-heels-and-skirts.html
I highly encourage everyone to at least take a look at some of the screenshot of the slides that were shown in the Defense Intelligence Agency's "Dress for Success" briefing, advising women to "not advocate the 'Plain Jane' look," to "Consider their body type" and to never wear flats.
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Lauren, thanks for sharing this, it's always fascinating to learn about how clothing can play such a powerful in our perceptions and misconceptions of gender. Its concerning to see that this problem still persists today, even after reading about it in class from decades ago.
ReplyDeleteThis illustrates the fact even more so that we live in a world where people, particularly men, feel entitled to police other peoples' bodies and appearances. It's sad that this really hasn't changed at all and something that should be considered a relic of a different age is still very prevalent in our lives.
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