Missouri has a lot of problems, but if you were in the statehouse today, you would have thought the biggest one was what female legislators wear.
Peter Merideth (D-St. Louis) shared the news on Twitter, “Debating the house rules on the floor today, and the first amendment offered by a Republican is about making stricter the rules of what women have to wear in here.”
“Yep, the caucus that lost their minds over the suggestion that they should wear masks during a pandemic to respect the safety of other is now spending its time focusing on the fine details of what women have to wear (and specifically how many layers must cover their arms) to show respect in this chamber,” Merideth added. He also clarified that lawmakers “thought a couple women last year didn’t dress nicely enough for their standards.”
I guess there was quite a debate but they ended up compromising by allowing women to wear cardigans to make sure their arms are covered if they didn’t want to wear a jacket. I wonder if they consulted with the Iranian Ayatollahs. They have a lot of experience policing women’s clothing (although it’s causing a bit of a problem these days … )
The good news is that apparently they aren’t requiring women to wear dresses with stockings and high heels so never say they are mired in antediluvian sexism.(And yes, the change was proposed by a Republican woman. What a gal.)