Women in pants

[sugar and spice]

Originally posted by docetboy
I haven't followed this thread but want to add my comments: I think women look a lot more proffessional and better if they wear a skirt and appropiate blouse instead of trying to look like a man.

Oh my lord, I can't believe you even said that.

What is it about pants that makes them "men's clothing"?

The average woman isn't going to look ANYTHING like a man even when she puts on the pants.

Originally posted by DeltAlum

Just in case anyone missed it, I'll repeat. This isn't about Sexism, or sexy or anything like that.

It's about professionalism. Whether you want to believe it or not -- whether is makes sense or not -- managers and hiring managers perceive a skirt as more professional in big business.

Just because you say it's not about sexism doesn't make it so. The fact that managers perceive a skirt as more professional smacks of sexism -- because even if, on one level, it's about professionalism, WHY is it considered more professional to be wearing a skirt? Especially with the "don't show too much skin" advisory, one would think that it would be better to wear pants since they cover more.

There are political aspects to everything. Just because something is about professionalism on the surface level doesn't mean there aren't ties to sexism if you dig deeper.