Female lawmakers in Montana told to check skirt lengths, necklines
(Reuters) - A new dress code for the Montana House of Representatives that bans jeans and warns women to watch skirt lengths and necklines has drawn the ire of female lawmakers, who say it suggests they cannot independently decide what attire is appropriate.
The wardrobe code was enacted by male leaders of the Republican-controlled House in advance of a legislative session that begins on Jan. 5. Most members of the chamber's Democratic minority are women, who say they were not consulted about new rules that target them for apparel infractions.
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It prohibits female legislators from wearing items like leggings and open-toed sandals, and cautions them to "be sensitive to skirt lengths and necklines."
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"The code crosses a line. It singles women out for admonishment and suggests they can't be trusted to get up in the morning and dress appropriately," said the Democrat from the state capital, Helena.
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Get out your burqas...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban_treatment_of_women
legal rights they should or should not have.
Cavemen (supposedly). The priests of the OT, the apostle Paul (who never so much as met Jesus except as a ""vision" on the road to Damascus), the Church, government, the Framers, the SCOTUS, state licensing boards. You name it, they all knew better. The only explanation I have is that men were hard-wired to be terrified of women.
Where, oh, where would we poor silly women be without them? Why, the very thought makes me woozy. Anyone seen my smelling salts?
If you're going to faint, I certainly hope that you have the basic decency to wear something appropriate and tasteful as you collapse.
[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]I'd suggest that all the female legislators band together and wear burqa-like or old-fashioned nun-like garb.
This admission of the males' absolute inability to control their lustful urges in the presence of female attractiveness consistently leads to such regulation anyway.
The women might as well get the jump on it them and take the men's regulatory trend right now to where it's ultimately heading.
that some women's attire can be distracting to men in a business setting. And that some women make what are obvious "mistakes" (we've all seen them--the neckline that reveals all when she bends over, the tight skirt that keeps riding up etc etc)...
But deal with it --other than issuing edicts and high school level dress codes. 
I have no patience for this--it's clearly an elbow check to women professionals in the way it's done here. FFS just tell your colleague directly--"Janet, you're showing too much skin (often)and it's bothering some people (often)." If she doesn't take the hint, chalk it up to tramp style and let her have her little reputation.
Your post is actually offensive.
"Tramp style" - What.the.actual.fuck?! 
I would think that everyone could simply be professional and that would be enough with out turning the state legislature into Junior High School.....
