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_refugee_  ·  3843 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: When Modesty Becomes A Stumbling Block: Quit It With The Suits

This article isn't addressing this issue in the context of the workplace. I guess because it focused on suits, that's where you got stuck. After all, men don't usually wear suits outside of work unless it's for a special occasion.

This article is addressing the issue of people who encourage to dress women "modestly" and literally in their blog posts say that women wearing things like yoga pants are "asking for" attention from the male sex and that women wearing such things as yoga pants in public (on the street, for example) causes them to lose the respect of both the males and females around them. People who say that it is the woman's fault that men find her desirable and that in order to be appropriately modest she should not be attempting to elicit the desire of men and that should be reflected by restricting her wardrobe choices to clothes which "do not elicit lust." Which apparently includes wearing exercise gear in public.

What about women who wear yoga pants because they're fucking going to yoga class? That's what I want to ask some of the people who wrote articles this article is responding to (they are all linked at the top of the post if you feel like exploring, I did).