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merrily

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2. Men have always known best about how women should behave, how they should appear to others and what

Reply to okaawhatever (Original post)

Thu Dec 11, 2014, 05:06 AM

Dec 2014

legal rights they should or should not have.

Cavemen (supposedly). The priests of the OT, the apostle Paul (who never so much as met Jesus except as a ""vision" on the road to Damascus), the Church, government, the Framers, the SCOTUS, state licensing boards. You name it, they all knew better. The only explanation I have is that men were hard-wired to be terrified of women.

Where, oh, where would we poor silly women be without them? Why, the very thought makes me woozy. Anyone seen my smelling salts?

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Female lawmakers in Montana told to check skirt lengths, necklines [View all] okaawhatever Dec 2014 OP

Sounds like the Taliban to me! Suich Dec 2014 #1

Men have always known best about how women should behave, how they should appear to others and what merrily Dec 2014 #2

Oh, come on! Orrex Dec 2014 #11

A Pair Of Very Good Posts ProfessorGAC Dec 2014 #19

My ruffled white under unmentionable thing is floor length, just like that of any decent woman. merrily Dec 2014 #22

Men have basically one choice....a suit! yeoman6987 Dec 2014 #26

A protest seems in order. silverweb Dec 2014 #3

That's a great idea. They should all come to work for a week completely covered from head to toe. Ed Suspicious Dec 2014 #7

I have a suggestion for skirting by the neckline rule. TexasTowelie Dec 2014 #4

I think it's fair to say marions ghost Dec 2014 #5

... Lochloosa Dec 2014 #17

Fuck that. People who have problems with what women wear need to F off. cyberswede Dec 2014 #24

I don't have a problem with what women wear marions ghost Dec 2014 #25

Pardon me for a moment Sherman A1 Dec 2014 #6

Jesus Christ. Enthusiast Dec 2014 #8

Why is it I suspect belief in JC is somehow correlated to the dress code? HereSince1628 Dec 2014 #15

I can see why you would think that. Enthusiast Dec 2014 #16

But I bet they forgot about their own fashion faux pas, Ilsa Dec 2014 #9

They are all adults.... Dorian Gray Dec 2014 #10

Foot fetish? cap Dec 2014 #12

I have a college friend who was in the MT Senate for quite a few years. mnhtnbb Dec 2014 #13

So glad to see Montanans aggressively facing their most serious problems. HereSince1628 Dec 2014 #14

I bet the GOP male lawmakers would eagerly volunteer to spray paint any offenders. tanyev Dec 2014 #18

Are there seriously any women in any legislative body who dresses inappropriately? ladyVet Dec 2014 #20

Frankly, I've been really surprised by what passes for professional women's dress lately TexasMommaWithAHat Dec 2014 #21

There's also a dress code for the men jmowreader Dec 2014 #23