Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!jarthur!ucivax!gateway From: farmerl@handel.cs.colostate.EDU (lisa ann farmer) Newsgroups: soc.feminism Subject: Re: Clothing Message-ID: <14798@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU> Date: 8 May 91 19:39:58 GMT References: <1991Apr27.120803.29765@nntp-server.caltech.edu> Reply-To: lisa ann farmer Organization: Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523 Lines: 41 Approved: tittle@ics.uci.edu Nntp-Posting-Host: zola.ics.uci.edu In article <1991Apr27.120803.29765@nntp-server.caltech.edu> khy@deimos.caltech.EDU writes: >What ever happened to the issue of clothing? In the 70's no >self-respecting feminist would be caught dead wearing a dress or a >skirt, but these days lots of self-proclaimed feminists wear them all >the time. Is protesting distinct clothing for men and women off the >feminist agenda? Or do radical feminists still wear pants >exclusively? Do radical feminists look down on feminine-looking women >who wear dresses and stockings? The reason I wear skirts is because they are comfortable. I also thik that men should be able to wear skirts. When I go on an interview I will wear clothes that I don't normally wear(don't we all). One requirement of the skirts I wear though is that I be able to ride my bike in them! >Myself, I'm not complaining, because I never liked women in pants and >the fact that feminists dressed so badly turned me off feminism. It Why would what someone wore affect your perception of feminism? Are you saying that you weren't attracted to these women so you weren't attracted to feminism? Most women and men at my university wear pants, so if they dress badly and wear pants then they are a feminist? (I don't mean to be so catty but I just can't believe that someone meant this...) >seems to me that after they softened up on the clothing issue, >feminists got more recruits. What are the opinions on this issue >these days? Sororities have pretty strict clothing rules but people still join them, probably because clothing is a high priority. There are many more important issues than clothing (i.e. wife abuse, rape, education, etc.) and that is why I think that feminists are no longer putting as much importance on clothing. I've done my share of venting... Lisa farmerl@handel.cs.colostate.edu "If people want to make war they should make a colour war and paint each other's cities up in the night in pinks and greens." Yoko Ono (_Louder than Words_)