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Business casual is defined constructively for males and existentially for females. Examples of how to dress business casual for men and women clearly show this
by jrock08 11y ago
Business casual is defined constructively for males and existentially for females. Examples of how to dress business casual for men and women clearly show this.[1]
Scrolling through the results of an image search for "women's business casual" vs "men's business casual" also highlight a stark difference.
This leads to unconscious bias against women. It isn't that we don't want to hire you, it's that we felt like you made a dress Faux pas that a male is never given the opportunity to make. Your skirt was slightly too high and also red, the top slightly too low cut, you wore slightly too much makeup, and even though you paired the skirt with leggings, we just felt you don't "understand" business dress.
[1] http://www.wikihow.com/Dress-Business-Casual http://www.wikihow.com/Dress-Business-Casual
- cpncrunch 11y agoYes, women have a lot more choice in what they wear for business attire, whereas men have it pretty easy. Overall it doesn't really make sense to reject her for this reason when the dress code is casual for the position she was applying for. Perhaps if she was going for an executive position it might make a difference. It might be a problem is she dressed as a hooker, but that definitely doesn't seem to be the case.
- scott_s 11y agoThe first image for Business Casual for women is not that far from what the subject of this article wore: http://pad2.whstatic.com/images/thumb/4/40/Dress-Business-Casual-Step-06.jpg/670px-Dress-Business-Casual-Step-06.jpg http://pad2.whstatic.com/images/thumb/4/40/Dress-Business-Ca... What she wore: http://cdn0.dailydot.com/uploaded/images/original/2015/4/15/IMG_1518_1.JPG http://cdn0.dailydot.com/uploaded/images/original/2015/4/15/... Replace the sweater with a blazer, and it's a match.