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KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
Tue Aug 18, 2015, 03:44 PM Aug 2015

Missouri legislators consider intern dress code

http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/the-buzz/article31374875.html

Lawmakers are weighing in with their suggestions on how to best improve the Missouri House intern policy, and one early notion being kicked around is establishing an intern dress code.

The idea was greeted with disdain by Democrats, and set off a firestorm on social media, with critics arguing that it was victim blaming that would do nothing to address the problem of sexual harassment....

“We're really not going to require interns to dress so we're less distracted, are we?” said Rep. Bill Otto, a St. Louis County Democrat. “All we need is a code of ethics and a penalty provision.”

Rep. Sue Meredith, a St. Louis Democrat, said she was getting the feeling “the finger is being pointed at the young, female interns.” The dress code, she said, should be “the same as for everyone in the House.”


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Missouri legislators consider intern dress code (Original Post) KamaAina Aug 2015 OP
Of course the finger is being pointed at... TreasonousBastard Aug 2015 #1
A dress code for Missouri legislators sounds like a good idea. gordianot Aug 2015 #2
Dirty old men... HeiressofBickworth Aug 2015 #3

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
1. Of course the finger is being pointed at...
Tue Aug 18, 2015, 03:56 PM
Aug 2015

young, female interns instead of horny old men who hit on them.

But, one would think a dress code for everyone, interns included, would be normal in such a workplace.

gordianot

(15,226 posts)
2. A dress code for Missouri legislators sounds like a good idea.
Tue Aug 18, 2015, 04:00 PM
Aug 2015

Leaving out the interns who should be provided whistles and pepper spray the legislators should all be provided dunce caps. Some legislators should get prison stripes.

HeiressofBickworth

(2,682 posts)
3. Dirty old men...
Tue Aug 18, 2015, 06:34 PM
Aug 2015

Burquas? Chadors? or merely Hajabs? And silly me thinking that the MO legislators were against Sharia law.

They must think women are solely responsible for the inappropriate acts of men and women are the only ones responsible for changing it.

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