From today's WTF files - Would you send your boss a selfie in a skirt for a bonus?
"He really wants to maintain the female essence in every female employee of the company," Kirillova said. "So that young women do not have male haircuts, do not change into trousers, so that they engage themselves in handicraft, project all their warmth into raising children."
Does your workplace have a dress code?
Oh gosh. This brings back nightmares from most of my career! This passage in particular really resonated with me:
"He really wants to maintain the female essence in every female employee of the company," Kirillova said. "So that young women do not have male haircuts, do not change into trousers, so that they engage themselves in handicraft, project all their warmth into raising children."
I lived and worked in Dayton, Ohio for 27 years. Dayton is deeply conservative, religious, and white. Some of the "highlights."
Funny enough, I live in Dayton Ohio now. Gladly, I haven't ever had to "dress up" for work. I think I would have been royally screwed if I was living in any other time, even 20 years ago! It's insane how much changes in such a small amount of time. I do not own any 'girly' attire and I don't wear makeup (I identify as non-binary), so most dress codes would not work for me. I would have been absolutely miserable in the days of women having to look a certain part. I know this is still an issue around the nation and world, but luckily I haven't been subjected to it. So grateful for this even though it seems like such a small deal!
I remember, during my vocational training at an insurance company, 30 years ago (oh my god...) we had to wear ties.
And I remember, the whole company went on a company outing. Except a colleague of mine who didn't wear a tie for the outing... He had to stay at the office. We went to the zoo, I'm sure, the animals appreciated our ties.
But this is a long time ago. We don't have a dress code here at my current employer (although I'm still working for an insurance company).