Female mayor has mayor pro-tem attend all male dinner in her place
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022527584
From the article:
Walsh has been studying women candidates for years. She said women who run for high office sometimes face public scrutiny that their male counterparts don't have to endure, including comment on their clothes and hair. But, she has never seen anything quite like the attacks leveled at Stothert.
I would say this is true, but men (such as Edwards and Clinton) also had people attack them over their hair as well.
Women do get more such comments, but they have a lot more styles and choices than men generally speaking. If bush had a press conference in a polka dot dress with stripped shoes I wold have certainly made some comment about it (and not because he was wearing a dress, many would but that would be sexist - why can't men wear dresses anyway without ridicule?) because it would be a fashion faux pa by an elected and public figure.
Men are just bland as hell. Red or blue ties - if they wore one with a pic of daffy duck on it I would probably take note of such.
Once men and women all dress the same I could see it being more sexist to call out the woman over the man wearing the same thing. Right now they I pretty much know it will be a dark suit, white or blue shirt, solid tie mostly, and dark shoes. It is how I think we have come to expect men to dress.
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