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Originally posted by valkyrie
Even if I thought anybody would take me more seriously if I wore a skirt, I wouldn't wear one for that reason because that's just me changing my behavior to fit someone else's outdated stereotype of what a woman should wear. I think it's about damn time we stopped letting our fashion choices (or any choices for that matter) be dictated by others.
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Here's to being your own person.
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I don't understand why men would take a woman more seriously if she's in a skirt. My gut reaction would be that he'd take you less seriously because if anything, he's going to be staring at your legs.
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I can totally see that. When we play to a man's desire to see a feminine woman, we backhandedly enforce the stereotype that women are weaker and less competent than men.
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Originally posted by Shine
The reason is that men are intimidated by women that look assured and powerful and don't play up their femininity as a qualifying factor.
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AMEN! I mean, hell, look what happened to Hillary Rodham Clinton. I'm not saying that I agree with her politics or life choices or anything like that, but HRC is definitely a woman who knows what she wants and will fight to get it. Instead, she was seen as a man-eating you-know-what and was derided for not "staying in her place." Granted, it wasn't because she was wearing pants suits-- though she does sometimes wear pants suits-- but because she is a strong woman.
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