Add Stephanie Ruhle to the MSNBC women who do not understand a professional attire

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14. I don't have a problem with women choosing what they want to wear if it is a free choice,

however many women are pressured into dressing "sexy" in order to be competitive and I think that is disgraceful.

Female News Personalities in Boston Say There’s A Push To Dress Sexier

http://www.adweek.com/tvspy/female-news-personalities-in-boston-say-theres-a-push-to-dress-sexier/193090

The Globe spoke off the record to other female reporters and anchors in the market who expressed the same sentiments about the culture surrounding wardrobe choices.

“What you don’t see on TV is that many times women have clothespins in the back to make [their clothes] tighter.”

Asked who is behind the pinning, she described it as a “self-reinforcing situation,” in which less prominent anchors, hoping to move up, emulate provocatively dressed anchors. “It’s a way of getting attention,” she said.

Almost no one in the business wants to go on the record to discuss what form the encouragement takes. They’re afraid of losing their jobs or ruining professional relationships.

But off the record, current and former female broadcasters in Boston tell stories about wardrobe consultants hired by station management pushing clothing that some on-air talent don’t want to wear; women crying in the makeup room because they feel pressured to dress a certain way; a modestly dressed anchor being asked to dress like a sexier new colleague who wore her skirts short and her tops unbuttoned.