The Right To Bare Legs

The Right To Bare Legs

9/29/00

Many women have despised pantyhose since their invention. What's worse, is that some jobs attempt to inflict this hated garment on their employees for forty hours a week. Women have been sent home, suspended, and even fired for not wearing them.

When women HAVE to wear them, many opt for the "Ultra Sheer" or ones that advertise "So sheer no one will know you are wearing them".

What is so special about this clear piece of fabric that breaks when something touches it?

Why is it that if a woman chooses to go without to a job interview in the middle of a hot Phoenix summer day sans hosiery, people look down at her as if she cannot handle the position?

Sure, many employers will allow a lady to wear socks instead of stockings. However, I think everyone with a fashion sense will mock someone wearing a knee-length dress, dress pumps, and a pair of brown trouser socks.

It's become acceptable in recent years to wear open toed shoes to work. Some places still insist that females must wear hosiery with open shoes. Somehow, wearing a pair of Dr Scholl's sandals with Ultra Sheer thigh-highs makes someone a more effective employee. No one can explain how or why it is preached "You can't be professional without stockings".

Employers may mention "health codes" when it comes to a dress code argument concerning this. There are NO health codes for working in many industries concerning bare legs. Your bare leg is not dipped into anything eaten by a consumer when sitting at a desk all day. Lives will not be endangered because a lady is sitting at her office cubicle with her bare toes sitting on top of the straps on her thong sandals. Some jobs have stated codes simply because it's easier to lie to the employees than it is for the head boss to say "I hate bare legs". Extremely few employees will even consider question "the law", so employers tend to use that as leverage.

This is not just for ladies. Many men also prefer not to have their lower extremities bottled up by heavy cotton. Dress sandals for men have become accepted now for many daily functions & work tasks. Some offices have adopted policies of "Women can go without hosiery, but men must wear socks". Not many customers have ever called a customer service hotline asking "Excuse me. Do you let your male employees not wear socks?" A shopper will never lift up a pant leg to check if the cashier's loafers are sockless.

Times have changed. People have discovered that bottling their feet up all day is unhealthy & highly uncomfortable. Why not listen to your employees, instead of shunning them for not being well-groomed. They may be a lot more professional than you think.

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Many women have despised pantyhose since their invention. What's worse, is that some jobs attempt to inflict this hated garment on their employees for forty hours a week. Women have been sent home, suspended, and even fired for not wearing them. When women HAVE to wear them, many opt for the "Ultra Sheer" or ones that advertise "So sheer no one will know you are wearing them". What is so special about this clear piece of fabric that breaks when something touches it? Why is it that if a woman chooses to go without to a job interview in the middle of a hot Phoenix summer day sans hosiery, people look down at her as if she cannot handle the position? Sure, many employers will allow a lady to wear socks instead of stockings. However, I think everyone with a fashion sense will mock someone wearing a knee-length dress, dress pumps, and a pair of brown trouser socks. It's become acceptable in recent years to wear open toed shoes to work. Some places still insist that females must wear hosiery with open shoes. Somehow, wearing a pair of Dr Scholl's sandals with Ultra Sheer thigh-highs makes someone a more effective employee. No one can explain how or why it is preached "You can't be professional without stockings". Employers may mention "health codes" when it comes to a dress code argument concerning this. There are NO health codes for working in many industries concerning bare legs. Your bare leg is not dipped into anything eaten by a consumer when sitting at a desk all day. Lives will not be endangered because a lady is sitting at her office cubicle with her bare toes sitting on top of the straps on her thong sandals. Some jobs have stated codes simply because it's easier to lie to the employees than it is for the head boss to say "I hate bare legs". Extremely few employees will even consider question "the law", so employers tend to use that as leverage. This is not just for ladies. Many men also prefer not to have their lower extremities bottled up by heavy cotton. Dress sandals for men have become accepted now for many daily functions & work tasks. Some offices have adopted policies of "Women can go without hosiery, but men must wear socks". Not many customers have ever called a customer service hotline asking "Excuse me. Do you let your male employees not wear socks?" A shopper will never lift up a pant leg to check if the cashier's loafers are sockless. Times have changed. People have discovered that bottling their feet up all day is unhealthy & highly uncomfortable. Why not listen to your employees, instead of shunning them for not being well-groomed. They may be a lot more professional than you think.

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