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In reply to the discussion: Women with long hair approaching 60? A no-no? [View all]csziggy
(34,115 posts)But my older sisters went through what you did. The oldest was OK with the restrictions; in 1964 the second oldest changed colleges when the first she went to did not allow the girls to leave the dorm without makeup, no pants, slacks or jeans on women on campus, no curlers in public even inside the dorm, stockings or panty hose with dresses at all times, etc.
Before I graduated high school in 1970 we were allowed to wear pants but not jeans to school. Mom made them change their rules which originally required that the pants be store bought. She was already pissed that the girls had to take Home Ec so had one less credit for college. "What is the point in teaching girls to sew if they can't wear the clothes they sew to school?" she raged.
If the cultural revolution hadn't happened, I probably would have become a terrorist. The only dresses I have owned in the last forty years were SCA costumes or bridesmaid dresses for my sisters' weddings.