07-28-2003, 01:29 PM
I set my own dress code. If the employee will not comply, he is free not to take the job. He is also free to seek employment elsewhere.
Why do I use HE?
Women already dress like men a great deal in many environments. It is the man dressing as a women that is the non sequiter.
For the woman, it is seen, in some cases, as wearing the uniform of a social advancement. It has never been seen in a social context that a man dressing as a woman is empowering.
For the state to micromanage the dress code of a business, be it large or small, smacks of fascism: yes, the fusion of the industry and the state.
That said, my brother has worked for IBM for years. I spent some years in the military. My brother wears a uniform to work in the form os his jacket and tie, a uniform defined as much by informal norms as by IBM's dress code.
What color is your tie?
Why do I use HE?
Women already dress like men a great deal in many environments. It is the man dressing as a women that is the non sequiter.
For the woman, it is seen, in some cases, as wearing the uniform of a social advancement. It has never been seen in a social context that a man dressing as a woman is empowering.
For the state to micromanage the dress code of a business, be it large or small, smacks of fascism: yes, the fusion of the industry and the state.
That said, my brother has worked for IBM for years. I spent some years in the military. My brother wears a uniform to work in the form os his jacket and tie, a uniform defined as much by informal norms as by IBM's dress code.
What color is your tie?
Cry 'Havoc' and let slip the Men 'O War!
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete