Chains around the neck new style for women?

[Hortensis]

26. Anyone remember white blouses/shirt and black skirts/pants as standard service worker uniform?

That was how people identified who to ask for more coffee or towels for several decades.

But then during W's presidency, two things happened during the same period that I immediately noted because as a teenager I was required to wear that humble working class uniform.

1. Women in new-era high-pay and status jobs ditched their suits and started wearing what was once strictly a service worker uniform.
2. The talking heads on the political shows started referring to people, us, as "workers" and "consumers."

I didn't for a minute think the two weren't part of one dynamic, but not being a scientist I just yelled at the TV. The working class uniform for Wall Street ceiling-bangers lasted for some while, but apparently calling their viewers "workers" instead of people didn't go over so well because it disappeared from all the cable shows virtually at the same time.

Anyway, in this era when misogyny has climbed out from under its rock snarling, "Hear US roar," just maybe women should refuse to wear captive-style chains around their necks, no matter how "trendy" they might be.