Taliban, US government...Sharia, Christian...
So hard to tell the difference, don't you think?
Why just this last week (thank you, anythingoes), vastly male ,vastly Republican lawmakers in Missouri thought they'd redefine what they think women should look like in public and adopted a law to enforce it. No more bare arms. Oh, don't worry, men, apparently you're all good to go.
[quote]...The House's existing dress code defined proper attire for women as "dresses or skirts or slacks worn with a blazer or sweater and appropriate dress shoes or boots," according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. It also had rules about men's clothing, though no one sought to update them this week.
Republican state Rep. Ann Kelley proposed an amendment that would require women to wear jackets — defined as both blazers and knit blazers — because "it is essential to always maintain a formal and professional atmosphere."
Several House Democrats were quick to push back, deriding the proposal as sexist, impractical and even hypocritical. "Yep, the caucus that lost their minds over the suggestion that they should wear masks during a pandemic to respect the safety of others is now spending its time focusing on the fine details of what women have to wear (specifically how to cover their arms) to show respect here," tweeted Democratic Rep. Peter Merideth.
[i]https://www.npr.org/2023/01/13/1149057491/missouri-house-dress-code-women-cardigan[/i][/quote]
Why just this last week (thank you, anythingoes), vastly male ,vastly Republican lawmakers in Missouri thought they'd redefine what they think women should look like in public and adopted a law to enforce it. No more bare arms. Oh, don't worry, men, apparently you're all good to go.
[quote]...The House's existing dress code defined proper attire for women as "dresses or skirts or slacks worn with a blazer or sweater and appropriate dress shoes or boots," according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. It also had rules about men's clothing, though no one sought to update them this week.
Republican state Rep. Ann Kelley proposed an amendment that would require women to wear jackets — defined as both blazers and knit blazers — because "it is essential to always maintain a formal and professional atmosphere."
Several House Democrats were quick to push back, deriding the proposal as sexist, impractical and even hypocritical. "Yep, the caucus that lost their minds over the suggestion that they should wear masks during a pandemic to respect the safety of others is now spending its time focusing on the fine details of what women have to wear (specifically how to cover their arms) to show respect here," tweeted Democratic Rep. Peter Merideth.
[i]https://www.npr.org/2023/01/13/1149057491/missouri-house-dress-code-women-cardigan[/i][/quote]
