WHAT did we learn today? For starters, Paul Ryan is terrified of women's shoulders and toes.

[Miles Archer]

Women are no longer allowed to wear sleeveless attire in Paul Ryan’s House of Reps



The new dress code appears to first have been enforced in May, when, according to the report, Independent Journal Review‘s Haley Byrd was kicked out of the lobby due to violating the rule.

“When I was kicked out that day, I was just trying to pass through the area to reach another hallway, but I was told I was violating the rules. They offered to find a sweater for me to put on, so it wasn’t some tyrannical end of free press, but I opted to just go around instead. But recently they’ve been cracking down on the code, like with open-toed shoes,” she told CBS News. “I suspect the rules are being emphasized now that it’s summertime and excruciatingly hot outside and everyone is dressing for the weather.”

The CBS report details the experiences of another young reporter who was told she couldn’t enter the lobby because of her dress. She improvised by tearing pages from her notebook to create “sleeves” — but was still turned away.

The speaker’s lobby is one of the prime places to conduct quick interviews during breaks, and as the report noted, men are expected to adhere to a suit-and-tie dress code too. Women, on the other hand, apparently cannot wear shoulder-baring blouses or dresses, or open-toed shoes.

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/07/women-are-no-longer-allowed-to-wear-sleeveless-attire-in-paul-ryans-house-of-reps/

[Sneederbunk]

1. Has been taking lessons from Mike Pence.

[benld74]

2. Perhaps, one can't control themselves

[Miles Archer]

4. Dick Morris Syndrome

Long-time DUers know what that is.

[Buns_of_Fire]

14. It's for their own good, really.

I imagine it's probably difficult to walk with Dick Morris schlurping away at your toes. But at least he didn't have to worry about running out of Tic Tacs.

[Eliot Rosewater]

3. These type of men are very uncomfortable around women, especially women with brains or power.

[Dulcinea]

5. Sleeveless dresses are good enough for FOX women anchors.

No female on that channel wears anything with sleeves, even in the winter.

[Different Drummer]

6. So, Ryan has a foot fetish?

Can't trust himself to maintain his composure around naked female toes?

[MagickMuffin]

7. Michelle Obama should troll him

She always looks so lovely in sleeveless dresses and open toe shoes.

Would Ryan make her leave the premises?

republiCons always ready at the helm to control women.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

13. Melania wears sleeveless dresses all the time!

(When she's wearing clothes.)

[oberliner]

8. Here's her tweet on it

Link to tweet

[smirkymonkey]

9. He makes me absolutely sick!

Fucking hypocrite through and through!

[Beartracks]

10. "men are expected to adhere to a suit-and-tie dress code too"

I presume if men have to wear a suit and tie, that means not going coatless, and certainly not having your sleeves rolled up or tie loosened. So the overt misogyny argument loses steam here if guys are also prevented from showing a bit of skin in the warmer weather, too.

To me, it sounds like a see-we're-way-more-professional-than-that-last-guy sort of thing.

But, to be honest, I've never understood why open-toed shoes fall outside of most "professional attire" dress codes in the first place.



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[50 Shades Of Blue]

11. Reminds me of my Catholic grade school!

On special days when we could wear regular clothes instead of uniform, girls were not allowed to wear sleeveless dresses.

I don't remember a prohibition against patent leather shoes though! Hmmm, I wonder if Ryan permits women to wear those.

[nolabear]

12. Are we sure this isn't just a way to mess with the press?

Who else has been targeted?

[kimbutgar]

15. Women should start wearing full long dresses and cover their heads

Better yet, dress like the handmaiden tale.

Stick it to that granny starver prick.

[maveric]

16. That's a Catholic thing.

I can remember from church daze. No arms. No open toes.

[Initech]

17. Poor little snowflake!

[AgadorSparticus]

18. Distraction. He is taking a page from 45's book.

It makes no sense. ALLLLL of a sudden, it is not appropriate? Yahhhhh, riiiight.