{"id":23211,"date":"2014-12-15T17:36:20","date_gmt":"2014-12-15T22:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=23211"},"modified":"2014-12-15T17:36:20","modified_gmt":"2014-12-15T22:36:20","slug":"the-global-war-against-womens-dress-code-in-montana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=23211","title":{"rendered":"The global war against women’s dress code, in Montana"},"content":{"rendered":"

Montana Dress Code Has Female Legislators Sporting New Look: Clenched Jaws – NYTimes.com<\/a>. begins:<\/p>\n

Montana has never been known as a black-tie place. Governors wear cowboy boots and bolo ties, and people joke that a tuxedo is a pair of black jeans and a sport coat. But this winter, when lawmakers arrive at the State Capitol, they will have to abide by a new dress code: No more jeans. No casual Fridays. And female lawmakers \u201cshould be sensitive to skirt lengths and necklines.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Republican leaders who approved the guidelines<\/a> say they are simply trying to bring a businesslike formality to a State Legislature of ranchers, farmers and business owners that meets for only four months every other year. But the dress code has set off a torrent<\/a> of online mockery<\/a>, and is being pilloried by Democratic women as a sexist anachronism straight from the days of buggies and spittoons.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThe sergeant-at-arms could be standing there with a ruler, measuring hemlines and cleavage,\u201d said Jenny Eck, a Democratic House member.<\/em><\/p>\n

How low can Republican males stoop?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Montana Dress Code Has Female Legislators Sporting New Look: Clenched Jaws – NYTimes.com. begins: Montana has never been known as a black-tie place. Governors wear cowboy boots and bolo ties, and people joke that a tuxedo is a pair of … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1175],"tags":[723],"class_list":["post-23211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-facts-of-life","tag-the-global-war-against-women-2"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t