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Here in California most women who might wear skirts to a professional environment during the summer switch to pant suits and flats or boots during the winter.
Just curious, do women wear those knee high boots for warmth or for fashion? Do they actually keep you warm? Aren't they stiff?
Both. They're no more stiff than any other kind of shoe. In fact, you have to stuff magazines in them when you're not wearing them to keep them from flopping over.
Do women still wear heels and skirts to work, in higher-profile jobs? That's tough, in rainy or very cold weather. At times like that, it's men who are able to dress more appropriately. Both genders have their challenges, in this regard.
Both. They're no more stiff than any other kind of shoe. In fact, you have to stuff magazines in them when you're not wearing them to keep them from flopping over.
But that's only for leather boots, right? Rubber knee high boots that the girls wear when it rains must be stiff and lack insulation, no?
It depends on where you live and what is expected. Attorneys wear suits in court, and I think some of them wear suits every day. I suppose accountants and CEOs might wear them daily as well. Law enforcement people wear uniforms, as do ER personnel, and fast food workers. If you do construction, you will wear work clothing. In these latter examples, women wear the same things as men.
There are ways to layer up for warmth, and pare down to be cool. I don’t understand why you would feel that women have some sort of edge in this. I tended to freeze in air conditioning, myself. And often was uncomfortably cold in winter. I worked indoors.
FYI women in corporate life often have to adhere to outdated dress codes that force them to wear high heels, pantyhose, and whatever the employees’ manual defines as professional dress.
I don't see how there can be any argument about this. It's definitely women who get the privileges of dressing for the season, unless men can get away with being very informal. The number of offices that still demand hose year-round is just about zero, and women can wear light dresses and open shoes in hot weather. For men it's solid shoes and long pants for just about any social or business occasion! Neckties are becoming somewhat optional, though. In winter, women switch to pants and fur-lined boots, not a common male item. And are long puffy coats made for men? You don't see them much, anyway.
On the other hand, it's true that if a man has to wear a suit or a sport jacket, he doesn't need a wardrobe full of them. Whereas a woman has to entertain the world with an endless variety of outfits and accessories! Of course many women enjoy doing exactly that, but it's not exactly optional.
But that's only for leather boots, right? Rubber knee high boots that the girls wear when it rains must be stiff and lack insulation, no?
Leather boots are quite flexible and warm. I wear mine with dresses and skirts quite often from the fall through the spring.
Both the rubber boots that I wear for outdoor work and leisure activities and my nicer rain boots are also rather flexible and warm, although my work boots are Thinsulate-lined as opposed to felt-lined like my rain boots so the former are warmer by design.
When it is slushy and cold outside, many women (including me) *and* men will wear snow boots to get to and from public transportation or their cars, then change into nicer footwear for the day once they get to work. Most of the men who I see wearing suits around here usually wear an overcoat of some sort during the fall and winter if not thin and light Under Amour-type garments underneath their suits as well.
What the #$%^? Since when are grown men REQUIRED to wear anything they don't want to wear? How one dresses is 100% choice. No one holds a gun to a man's head and makes him wear a suit...anywhere.
Instead of blaming "society," why don't these grown men grow the balls to exercise their power of personal choice?
Notwithstanding the premise of this thread, which I disagree with, someone's never heard of...gasp!...dress codes.
Yes, America, there are still workplaces with established dress codes, where men (AND women, BTW) are required to dress professionally, and are not allowed to wear certain things. Even where there aren't dress codes, comportment and the capacity in which one works dictate attire. (Let us know when you see a male attorney in court not wearing a suit, or a female attorney wearing a halter top.)
So much for "anywhere." And it has nada to do with "growing balls."
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