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In reply to the discussion: Add Stephanie Ruhle to the MSNBC women who do not understand a professional attire [View all]moriah
(8,312 posts)If you think they're being pressured or it's a condition of employment, then you, and the OP, should be shaming the networks.
Not the females on air.
And that's what this OP does -- shame Ruhle for what she wears, say SHE doesn't understand professional clothing. If that's the way you think you should address sexism in the industry, by shaming the victims of policies and pressures, go hang out with Miryam Bialik. But I go with Molly Ringwald's explanation -- she wasn't exploited by Weinstein because she was in the power position.
So if you're going to shame, shame the power structure. A woman can be both very physically attractive and very good at her job, and while it does suck that physical appearance is seemingly a job requirement to appear on TV in news, that's no reason to attack those women blessed with both traditional beauty and brains.
Instead attack the industry that makes it difficult to get a job as a woman unless you're a perfect 10 and pressures those 10s to show it off.