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Manifestor_of_Light

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32. I had to wear a dress every day to school for 12 years.

Sat Feb 20, 2016, 04:03 PM

Feb 2016

They didn't let girls wear pants to school when it was cold until several years after I graduated.
I graduated from high school in the early 70s.

Needless to say, I got to college and it was jeans and t shirts all the time for years! I was SICK of dresses.
My mother was furious with me for not wearing makeup (which to her meant red lipstick) and not wearing dresses. I had to explain to her that we didn't have formal dress balls like they did in her day (the 1940s).

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Women Who Wear Pants: Still Somehow Controversial [View all] HuckleB Feb 2016 OP

Old ideas die slowly struggle4progress Feb 2016 #1

Oh, goodness. HuckleB Feb 2016 #4

"We really move our tails for you." Manifestor_of_Light Feb 2016 #2

I often wear a kilt -- much more comfortable. n/t Dale Neiburg Feb 2016 #28

I've been fighting endlessly for years to get women out of skirts..or pants underpants Feb 2016 #3

Thank you for your service gratuitous Feb 2016 #14

And in doing so, continue to advertise your character. LanternWaste Feb 2016 #50

This kind of has more to do with social programming, in my view davidn3600 Feb 2016 #5

With us Millennials skirts are still gendered, but pants are not, anymore. Odin2005 Feb 2016 #25

The pants thing, I've never understood at all. Rex Feb 2016 #6

Oh, that reminds me... HuckleB Feb 2016 #7

Shorts!!!! Rex Feb 2016 #10

Southwest Airlines, Hot Pants Jim Beard Feb 2016 #49

At my last job, the CEO decided that nurses needed to wear consistent uniforms Warpy Feb 2016 #8

Yikes. HuckleB Feb 2016 #9

In most hospitals, if there's an issue with different types of staffers being confused... backscatter712 Feb 2016 #13

Yeah, it's not too difficult to accomplish. -eom- HuckleB Feb 2016 #19

And those nurse ratchet get ups are ultimately not sanitary nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #15

We were less kind about it Warpy Feb 2016 #17

They are still used nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #18

My mother wore them her whole career. malthaussen Feb 2016 #21

My mom told me they had different caps for different schools. Manifestor_of_Light Feb 2016 #31

I wore the whites and cap also Mojorabbit Feb 2016 #34

Not in critical care Warpy Feb 2016 #22

I am thinking abroad mostly nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #23

I worked pcu and icu and wore my whites and caps back in the stone age. nt Mojorabbit Feb 2016 #35

IMO a lot of this "confusion" is just old people ignorantly assuming that the man is the doctor... Odin2005 Feb 2016 #26

While I'm Sympathetic RobinA Feb 2016 #43

We solved it for them Warpy Feb 2016 #48

I frequently go out "in the field" to large facilities MissB Feb 2016 #11

+1,000 ... 000 HuckleB Feb 2016 #12

Was she some kind of Fundie kook? Odin2005 Feb 2016 #27

I HAVE HAD IT WITH THESE MTHFN PANTS ON THIS MTHFN PLANE Warren DeMontague Feb 2016 #16

A great story, circa 1969: malthaussen Feb 2016 #20

+1,000... 000 HuckleB Feb 2016 #36

Ahhhh.... RobinA Feb 2016 #44

As a 30yo millennial I can't believe this is still an issue. Odin2005 Feb 2016 #24

I am 55, raised fundy Runningdawg Feb 2016 #29

I remember when we were first allowed to wear "pantsuits" (not just slacks) in valerief Feb 2016 #30

I had to wear a dress every day to school for 12 years. Manifestor_of_Light Feb 2016 #32

I had to wear dresses to school from 1949 to 1962. kskiska Feb 2016 #37

This was in South Texas, and we had hard freezes occasionally. Manifestor_of_Light Feb 2016 #38

In the 80's I was sent home from a temp job because I wore pants.. Glimmer of Hope Feb 2016 #33

Thank you qwlauren35 Feb 2016 #39

There are a few qwlauren35 Feb 2016 #40

I'm always shocked when I see a reference on DU noamnety Feb 2016 #41

It is just bizarre. HuckleB Feb 2016 #42

My guess is that she wears pants for the same reasons TexasBushwhacker Feb 2016 #47

Most of them look pretty cool, but I don't know if she picked out this one or her fashion peeps snooper2 Feb 2016 #52

I hereby call for a boycott of all pants. Orrex Feb 2016 #45

Well, skinny jeans, anyway! HuckleB Feb 2016 #46

Except For That Guy At The NBA All Star Game. . . ProfessorGAC Feb 2016 #51