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Kellyanne Conway: "Media reporting on Kamala Harris' wardrobe makes Mike Pence a victim of sexism."
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/08/kellyanne-conway-complains-ist-media-covers-what-kamala-harris-is-wearing-but-not-mike-pence/White House adviser Kellyanne Conway suggested on Wednesday that Vice President Mike Pence is the victim of “sexist” news coverage which does not report on his wardrobe.
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Mike Pence in a dress?
Australian TV host wears same suit for a year and nobody notices
15/11/14
An Australian TV presenter has said he wore the same blue suit on-screen for 12 months and nobody noticed. Karl Stefanovic wore the outfit to make a point about the sexism he said his female colleagues faced.
"No-one has noticed," he said. "But women, they wear the wrong colour and they get pulled up. They say the wrong thing and there's thousands of tweets written about them."
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"Women are judged much more harshly and keenly for what they do, what they say and what they wear," said Stefanovic. "I've worn the same suit on air for a year - except for a couple of times because of circumstance - to make a point.
"I'm judged on my interviews, my appalling sense of humour - on how I do my job, basically. Whereas women are quite often judged on what they're wearing or how their hair is."
More: http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/30069564/australian-tv-host-wears-same-suit-for-a-year-and-nobody-notices
15/11/14
An Australian TV presenter has said he wore the same blue suit on-screen for 12 months and nobody noticed. Karl Stefanovic wore the outfit to make a point about the sexism he said his female colleagues faced.
"No-one has noticed," he said. "But women, they wear the wrong colour and they get pulled up. They say the wrong thing and there's thousands of tweets written about them."
<SNIP>
"Women are judged much more harshly and keenly for what they do, what they say and what they wear," said Stefanovic. "I've worn the same suit on air for a year - except for a couple of times because of circumstance - to make a point.
"I'm judged on my interviews, my appalling sense of humour - on how I do my job, basically. Whereas women are quite often judged on what they're wearing or how their hair is."
More: http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/30069564/australian-tv-host-wears-same-suit-for-a-year-and-nobody-notices
I'd like to see a female news presenter wear a suit everyday - not a fashion type suit, but the basic suit like those that men wear.
When I finished my degree and was interviewing, I decided if I got a professional job that required "dressing up" I would do that - get a few simple suits with trousers, some tailored shirts, and wear those every day. By then I knew I would never wear dresses regularly - the last two times I wore dresses were as a bridesmaid at my sisters' weddings - and a basic suit similar to a man's suit would be the most practical thing to wear. I was also prepared to claim sexism if anyone objected to me wearing a suit and no makeup. After all, the men were and are allowed to work as professionals in suits with no makeup.
Seriously, that's the best you can do?
