How has clothing been a part of your work life - Does it factor? Does it stress you? Have you faced judgment? How do you choose what to wear to work? As a woman, I feel that there has always been an implied need to wear makeup to work. In the past, this has stressed me out. I was made to feel that if I wasn’t wearing makeup, I wasn’t looking professional, or would get comments about looking “tired” or “not yourself lately”.
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How has clothing been a part of your work life - Does it factor? Does it stress you? Have you faced judgment? How do you choose what to wear to work? I usually would dress down to avoid being hit on. Once when I had heels on and bare legs one of the developers followed me into the bathroom and tried to get me to have sex with him. I didn’t and fortunately, I was able to get out of the bathroom.
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How has clothing been a part of your work life - Does it factor? Does it stress you? Have you faced judgment? How do you choose what to wear to work? Early on in my career, a male co-worker approached me. He was incredibly concerned and told me that my breasts were being talked about by other male co-workers. He told me that I needed to make sure that I wore high neck shirts, so that the guys couldn’t see any cleavage.
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