I personally don't like the way shorts look (and feel -- they tend to ride up) on me (I don't have a problem with skirts except that I feel like I should shave my legs if I am going to show them off -- and I do not like pantyhose) but I feel like shorts shouldn't inherently be off-limits for professional dress -- though the pic you linked to with the high-waisted mini-shorts ... I'm not sure those shorts are ever appropriate anywhere.
I've never thought of shorts as inappropriate anywhere (my grandma used to complain about people being in casual summer dress -- i.e., short -- in church and I was so boggled that it would matter in church). I admit that I have a hard time imagining shorts being commonly accepted as professional attire, but that's mostly because I think of guys' hairy legs and instinctively feel that's unprofessional, but I know that's social conditioning about body hair (yes, I have internalized the societal norm of body hair being ugly, but I have failed to internalize the part about how that applies only to women)
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They ride up on me too, irrespective of weight and fitness. I stopped regularly wearing shorts when I was in eleventh grade and haven't really looked back.
I'm not sure those shorts arre ever appropriate anywhere.
*dies laughing*
I agree.
I get freaked out by men's body hair way more than women's. I do not like male underarm hair. Josh used to shave his which made me so happy and he's gone back to letting it grow freely. He's a pretty hairless dude, and so we're talking very little hair even unchecked, but it bothers me. I think because I imagine underarm hair as a kind of sponge that soaks up underarm sweat. *shrugs*
I've never thought of shorts as inappropriate anywhere (my grandma used to complain about people being in casual summer dress -- i.e., short -- in church and I was so boggled that it would matter in church). I admit that I have a hard time imagining shorts being commonly accepted as professional attire, but that's mostly because I think of guys' hairy legs and instinctively feel that's unprofessional, but I know that's social conditioning about body hair (yes, I have internalized the societal norm of body hair being ugly, but I have failed to internalize the part about how that applies only to women) ( ... )
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I'm not sure those shorts arre ever appropriate anywhere.
*dies laughing*
I agree.
I get freaked out by men's body hair way more than women's. I do not like male underarm hair. Josh used to shave his which made me so happy and he's gone back to letting it grow freely. He's a pretty hairless dude, and so we're talking very little hair even unchecked, but it bothers me. I think because I imagine underarm hair as a kind of sponge that soaks up underarm sweat. *shrugs*
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