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Originally Posted by Jan71
As a guy, i just can't imagine a male boss or a male coworker would complain on another man. " Hey, John the fact that you are wearing jeans with a thick fabric doesn't disguise the fact that you have a musculus butt. When you are walking, we can se that your butt muscles are working. I have to tell you because there has been complains from other male workers. 
Why should anywone tell you if you showed breast "activity" ? |
Because it would/ could be a distraction and a misunderstood invite to harrassment. As a guy, you've probably never been approached in the workplace, so you really wouldn't understand. If you have been harrassed, you wouldn't have asked, hence that assumption.
I agree, no guy would approach another regarding attire unless it's the boss telling someone to lose the Eagles hat.
But I was asked at a job if I was wearing a bra and asked by a male supervisor. I just looked at him and snapped the strap with an annoyed "yea".
I have worked in offices where a person's mode of dress has been brought into question and I can tell you one thing: those that had the attitude of the off-site OP had the same attitude towards their job and never seemed to last very long....
A friend and I discussed this topic this morning. As a foreman, it was up to him to make decisions regarding the workers. One woman lineman usually went braless. He couldn't say anything for two reasons-1) he could be accused of sexual harrassment and/or gender bias and 2) not wearing a bra was not an OSHA safety violation.
Granted, that line of work was outdoors and the only dresscode was hardhat and steel toed boots required (which even then wasn't adhered to). But he admits that had she worked in the office, she probably would have been approached about her choice, but again, perhaps because he's male, he didn't really think it was a problem.
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Originally Posted by Willravel
 Thanks. I'm buying that very sweater for a friend of mine for Christmas.
Fair enough. Still, I would imagine that Wal-Mart and Kohl's have thick sweaters, too. I just can't automatically accept the axiom that a woman should absolutely wear a bra in order to be work-appropriate. One of my first girlfriends in high school couldn't stand wearing a bra (unless she was exercising). And it's not like she paraded around in public in a white t-shirt with no bra, either. She just wore slightly thicker clothing. |
Without her showing the garment, it's really her thought as to what a "thick sweater" is.
I'm wearing one now but if I was braless, it'd be noticeable.
She also didn't say what size she is, but that wording from her supervisor probably means she's not a small person.
My sisters both could go braless and no one would bat an eye(they couldn't show activity topless on a trampoline LOL). I sure can't.