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As is the explanation all too often, dress codes are simply exclusionary. They're meant to exclude those that do not conform (whether or why they cannot conform
by bfdm 2y ago
As is the explanation all too often, dress codes are simply exclusionary. They're meant to exclude those that do not conform (whether or why they cannot conform or refuse to is secondary).
All the other bluster about tradition and standards or whatever else is all just covering fire to exclusionary policy. Whether that be race based, gender based, class based or otherwise, it's a basis for excluding or removing those outside your group who can't or won't bend to your requirements.
The one and only exception I know of to this is safety dress codes, like loose long hair or garments around certain machinery that could catch those. The rest can go to hell.
- mongol 2y agoWhat would you say about a dress code at a wedding or a funeral? Are they decided in order to exclude?
- bfdm 2y agoYes, they are. Typically these are enforced as flexible social norms, though, with individuals free to determine reasonable deviations within convention. They'll rarely be used to remove someone. It's an implied dress code, effectively, but with considerable grey area. Some weddings are explicit, sure. And that's a couple's choice, to exclude some of their friends and family.
- ithkuil 2y agoDon't you think there is a difference between accidental and intentional exclusion?
- protonbob 2y agoWhat's wrong with exclusion? They want to exclude people from the tournament that don't want to follow a traditional dress code.
- bfdm 2y agoPrivate facilities and groups are free to have those policies, but I also think its reasonable and expected for members to object and change the rules over time, especially the elites.
- RonaldDump 2y agoThe kind of people who say this about White culture (tennis, golf, chess, etc) cream themselves over the rich vibrant culture of traditional dress in literally any non-White sport or ritual. If a White professional sumo wrestler insisted on Speedos or boardshorts as a protest against discriminatory Japanese garb, would he be a freedom fighter, in your view? A disrespectful buffoon in mine.
- Veen 2y agoOften, excluding people who won't conform is necessary if a community is to achieve its aims.