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MinaNasseri-SecondPaper 7 - 12 Apr 2008 - Main.KateVershov
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Naked, But For My Intellect | | | Recognizing that my business attire may have a bearing on my image as a female professional, I will make an effort to change my fashion choices. Demeaning remarks regarding my attire or inappropriate attention given to what I wear during an interview are a few of the unfortunate realities I face as a female professional. Rather than accept these realities as just one of the “indignities” I must endure as a woman in the workplace, I choose to change my choices for business attire. Today, I will start by wearing only pants to the workplace. Someday, with difficulty no doubt, I will abandon my high heels. In this way, I hope to stand confidently on my own, independent of attention gained through my clothes. “Naked,” but for my intellect.
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< | I hope it's ok to post a comment here. As a woman who also likes to wear heels and skirts, I'm somewhat troubled by your conclusion. To me, putting on pants in order to be respected seems to imply that the only way to get respect is to dress like a man - as if there is this male ideal to aspire to. I refuse to do that. I will not give up being a woman and deny my physical appearance to garner respect. That strikes me as counter-intuitive. The object should be to change people's biases against women, not for women to hide their bodies and pretend to be men. When you get rid of the heels and skirts and don the androgynous, shape-less suit that's exactly what you're saying "see, I don't have breasts, I don't have hips! I'm just like you!" Why should you allow society to change you, instead of changing society? I see an even bigger problem here - that you really think a woman's accomplishments can be taken away from her by one biting remark from a fool. That's simply not true - your corner office and your title go nowhere when confronted with a moron and the boss who promoted you doesn't suddenly think any less of you, either. And in any case, those Italian shoes men wear and the multi-layered suits are hardly comfortable, either. - KateVershov? | >
> | I hope it's ok to post a comment here. As a woman who also likes to wear heels and skirts, I'm somewhat troubled by your conclusion. To me, putting on pants in order to be respected seems to imply that the only way to get respect is to dress like a man - as if there is this male ideal to aspire to. I refuse to do that. I will not give up being a woman and deny my physical appearance to garner respect. That strikes me as counter-intuitive. The object should be to change people's biases against women, not for women to hide their bodies and pretend to be men. When you get rid of the heels and skirts and don the androgynous, shapeless suit that's exactly what you're saying "see, I don't have breasts, I don't have hips! I'm just like you!" Why should you allow society to change you, instead of changing society? I see an even bigger problem here - that you really think a woman's accomplishments can be taken away from her by one biting remark from a fool. That's simply not true - your corner office and your title go nowhere when confronted with a moron and the boss who promoted you doesn't suddenly think any less of you, either. And in any case, those Italian shoes men wear and the multi-layered suits are hardly comfortable, either. - KateVershov? | | | “What purpose could wearing a skirt to an interview serve other than shifting the focus of the hiring process from the candidate’s credentials to her looks, on display through her attire?” |
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