[Publib] RE: shorts and skirts

[Fred Beisser]

That fellow with the skirt must have become a great attorney!!!

Fred Beisser
Trustee
Elbert County Library District
www.elbertcountylibrary.org/

Theyer, Hillary wrote:

>In relation to shorts and skirts and dress codes in general, I had a friend
>whose experience has always driven my notion of dress codes.  He worked in
>our college dining hall as a dishwasher.  Washing dishes was HOT work.
>Skirts, even miniskirts, were allowed but shorts were not.  So, one day he
>wore a miniskirt to work.  They tried to send him away to change. He asked
>where it said that only girls could wear skirts.  It didn't.  Then they
>tried to make it a health issue with the hair on guys legs.  He asked where
>it said that girls had to shave their legs in order to wear a skirt to work.
>It didn't.  (he was willing to shave his legs if it did).  Then they made it
>an issue of public appearance. He asked if a dishwasher was ever seen by
>"the public" (his fellow students). They aren't.  Then he pointed out that
>this was a college dorm dining hall, and not the Ritz anyway, and students
>were allowed to wear pretty much anything they wanted to eat (towel around
>the waist - fine, tux - fine).    
>
>Short answer - he wore a skirt on hot days the rest of the year, then got a
>better job.  I think he wrote a paper on it too, and an article for the
>campus paper, basically completely embarrassing dining hall management.
>
>My lesson - write your dress codes very carefully, and if you are going to
>make a difference between men and women, you better have a really good,
>solid, legally sound, totally agreed upon reason that makes sense and you
>can explain.  
>
>The closed-toe shoe thing I do agree on for a library, having rolled a cart
>over my own foot once, and had others do it to me twice.  I also routinely
>had to crawl under furniture to retrieve things or mess with PC wires, and
>wouldn't endorse clothing that shared more than was necessary in that
>situation, since it is also common.  
>
>Hillary Theyer
>
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>>From: "Allen D. Tate" 
>>Sent: Mar 26, 2007 8:32 AM
>>To: publib at webjunction.org
>>Cc: Debra Cernieux 
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>>Subject: Re: [Publib] Shorts
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>>>Why is it sexual discrimination to allow women to wear
>>>shorts, but not men? It's the equivalent to a skirt. 
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>>I respectfully disagree. Men and women both have shorts. I have never 
>>seen a skirt for sale in the men's section of any store where I've 
>>purchased my clothing. :)
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>>>Women can wear heels with shorts, but it does not look
>>>good when men wear fancy shoes with shorts.
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>>That is subjective. I have two pair of "work" shoes that look nice with 
>>my khaki shorts.
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>
>Of course, a Scotsman could wear a kilt....
>
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