I can wear a dress to work and nobody criticizes me. I’d be really sad if I had to wear pants all the time, they’re just not as comfortable. Let’s normalize pretty dresses for dudes!

  • Quasar@lemmy.fmhy.ml
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    1 year ago

    A few summers ago I brought up the idea that men should be allowed to wear shorts to the office if women can wear dresses and my boss literally laughed in my face. We work in a small-ish office and are not client facing so who tf cares what we wear? A while later they made a whole big deal about us being allowed to wear jeans to the office ever day (vs only on Fridays) you could hear a pin drop at the staff meeting. It was painful but satisfying to watch. Fuck those assholes…

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      1 year ago

      If the corporate policy doesn’t explicitly require you to wear pants (or prohibit shorts), then just go ahead and wear em I reckon, they can’t fire you for wearing shorts.

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        1 year ago

        they can’t fire you for wearing shorts.

        True, but they can disrespect you for failing to fit in with the corporate culture. Honestly, I’d rather be fired.

        There are plenty of workplaces where you can wear “whatever you want”, and I’m happy to work at one of those… But the clothes you choose to wear still has consequences. I can totally turn up to work in a full suit/tie/etc if I want. But I’d stick out like a sore thumb.