Canada Strikes Blow In War Against High Heels?

BRITISH COLUMBIA HAS DECIDED TO MAKE IT
ILLEGAL FOR PLACES OF WORK TO REQUIRE WOMEN TO WEAR CERTAIN
FOOTWEAR, HEELS.
APPARENTLY SOME COMPANIES AS PART OF THEIR
DRESS CODE COULD FORCE FEMALE EMPLOYEES TO WEAR HEELS BUT IT
TURNS OUT THAT A POLITICIAN KIND OF TOOK THE LEAD IN MAKING THIS
ILLEGAL AND NOW AS A RESULT, THE BC GOVERNMENT HAS CREATED AN
AMENDMENT TO THE FOOTWEAR RULES UNDER THE PROMISES 1996 WORKER'S
COMPENSATION ACT THAT WILL ESSENTIALLY GAVE WOMEN THE RIGHT
TO WEAR WHATEVER FOOTWEAR THEY DECIDE IS APPROPRIATE AND
COMFORTABLE AND SAFE.
THE BC GREEN PARTY LEADER ANDREW WEAVER
FILED A PRIVATE MEMBERS BILL IN MARCH DESIGNED TO PREVENT
EMPLOYERS FROM SETTING VARYING FOOTWEAR AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS
BASED ON GENDER, GENDER EXPRESSION OR GENDER IDENTITY.
IT'S WEIRD BECAUSE SINCE I'M IN MY OWN BUBBLE HERE TO VERY
PROGRESSIVE COMPANY, I NEVER EVEN REALLY CONSIDERED
CORPORATIONS, COMPANIES, WHATEVER IT IS, ANY PLACE OF
WORK REQUIRING WHAT WOMEN'S WEAR HEELS BECAUSE THE REALITY IS
HEELS ARE KIND OF UNSAFE, VERY BAD FOR YOUR BODY, I LOVE HEELS
AND I WEAR THEM ON A REGULAR BASIS ANYWAY BUT THAT'S BECAUSE
I DO IT BASED ON FREE WELL BUT FOR WOMEN WHO DON'T WANT TO WEAR
IT, THEY SHOULDN'T BE PRESSURED OR FORCED TO DO SO.
SO CENK HAD YOU HAVE SAID YOU HAVE TO WEAR HEELS FROM NOW
ON, WHAT WOULD YOUR RESPONSE BE?
I CAN'T IMAGINE IT.
YOU GUYS DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE WEARING PANTS RIGHT NOW,
WHY WOULD IT TO A PARTICULAR KIND OF SHOES.
I SKY COULD TAKE
MY SHOES OFF, I SHOULD ACTUALLY I'D BE MORE COMFORTABLE.
IT'LL
BE FINE, I'LL PUT ON NICE SOCKS.
I WOULD BE SURPRISED IF IN THE US THIS IS LEGAL BUT I
GUESS MAYBE IT IS.
THE FACT IN CANADA, SUPPOSEDLY A FARMER PROGRESSIVE COUNTRY
ESPECIALLY ON GENDER AND WORKERS RIGHTS, THE IDEA THAT EVEN IN
ONE AREA THIS WAS POSSIBLE, WHY WOULDN'T THERE BE A HUGE OUTCRY?
I KNOW IN SOME CIRCUMSTANCES THERE WERE.
I USED TO WORK AT, ONE OF MY FIRST JOBS WHILE HE WAS IN
COLLEGE WAS AT A CAR DEALERSHIP AND I WORKED AS A RECEPTIONIST
IN MY HIGHER UP IN THE COMPANY HAD BEEN VERY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT
SHE EXPECTS FROM HER GIRLS.
SHE BECAUSE HER GIRLS.
SHE MADE IT
CLEAR TO ME THAT I WAS NOT TO SHOW UP TO WORK WITHOUT MAKEUP
ON, THAT EVEN IF I WAS RUNNING LATE HAD TO IN THE VERY LEAST
APPLY LIPSTICK AND I WAS SO YOUNG SO AT THAT TIME I WAS JUST
LIKE OKAY, SHE JUST WANTS ME TO LOOK GOOD AND NOT SHOW UP IN MY
PAJAMAS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT THEN I REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT
IT.
LOOK, THERE ARE CERTAIN STANDARDS REGARDING OUR
APPEARANCE THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE GUYS DON'T HAVE TO DEAL
WITH.
THIS ISN'T ME PITCHING AND MOANING, OH, AND SOMEONE
FARED I LIKE WEARING MAKEUP THAT I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH IT.
BUT
UNDERSTAND THAT AS A RESOURCE.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE
TO SPEND A LOT OF MONEY ON AND SO IF YOU ARE FORCED TO WEAR
MAKEUP ARE YOU ARE FORCED TO DRESS A CERTAIN WAY.
TO BUY
HEELS.
IT'S A COSTLY PART OF BEING A WOMAN WHO IS EMPLOYED
FOR VARIOUS COMPANIES.
AND IT'S ALSO UNFAIR.
ITíS LIKE THIS
NOTION THAT IF YOU'RE A DUDE, SINCE SOCIETY DOESN'T EXPECT YOU
TO WEAR MAKEUP, IT CERTAINLY FINDS OUT YOU LOOK GREAT WITHOUT
MAKEUP BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT SOCIETY EXPECTS OF YOU.
FOR
WOMEN IF YOU DON'T WEAR MAKEUP YOU ARE A SLOB.
THAT'S UNFAIR
TO.
THERE LOTS OF WOMEN OUT THERE WHO ARE JUST INSANELY
BEAUTIFUL EVEN IF YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL, WHERE YOU FORCED TO
WEAR MAKEUP.
THIS KIND OF STUFF TO HAVE HAPPEN IS JUST I DON'T THINK
MOST PEOPLE REALLY TALK ABOUT HER EVENING KNOWLEDGE AT THE.
I WOULD IMAGINE THAT EVEN IN THE AREA WHERE YOU COULD
PREVIOUSLY LEGAL REQUIRE WOMEN TO WEAR I DOUBT MANY BUSINESSES
WOULD DO THAT BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE JUST ASKING FOR SOME
SORT OF SUIT TO TRY TO GET THE LAW CHANGED OR SOMETHING LIKE
THAT.
IT SEEMS CRAZY DAUGHTER KNOW WHY YOU WOULD CARE.
I KNOW
THEIR JOBS LIKE HOOTERS HAS VERY SPECIFIC UNIFORM STANDARDS.
MAYBE IF YOU ARE RECEPTIONIST, THEY WOULD EXPECT SOMETHING TO
THE FRONT FACE BUT MOST MEN NEVER HAVE TO DEAL WITH ANYTHING
LIKE THIS.
I GUESS YOU COULD BE A HUGE SLOB MAYBE BUT THE
STANDARD WOULD BE SO DIFFERENT.
I THINK WE HAVE TO MOVE PAST IT.
IF IT WOULD BOTHER YOUTHAT YOU STOP WOMEN FROM WEARING HILLS,
LIKE IF YOU DOUBT THAT WOMEN WEREN'T ALLOWED TO SHOW
THEIR TOES IN SOME COUNTRIES, THEN IT SHOULD SHOCK YOU THAT
IT WAS LEGAL TO MAKE WOMEN DO IT.

Canada Strikes Blow In War Against High Heels?

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