I can see the gender segregation as something residents might prefer, but no pants allowed for women in a place where they're sleeping and relaxing, as opposed to a business attire environment? How exactly would that work, surprise inspections in the middle of the night?
I caught her on a park bench, making out with a *chaos* demon! Have you ever seen a chaos demon? They're all slime and antlers.
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Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 08, 2015 9:21:35 am PST #4819 of 5827
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Jesse - Jan 08, 2015 9:23:20 am PST #4820 of 5827
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
No pants in the lobby or other public spaces. I guess you could wear what you want in your room, but you have to wear a skirt to get there!
Connie Neil - Jan 08, 2015 9:30:54 am PST #4821 of 5827
brillig
Pants on women was something that raised a lot of eyebrows at the time. Katherine Hepburn and Marlene Dietrich were shocking. Peggy would have gotten dirty looks for walking around on the streets with pants. Heck, I thought she looked overcasual, just a blouse with pants and no hat (I don't remember a hat, at least).
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 08, 2015 9:37:54 am PST #4822 of 5827
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Oh, in Peggy's day I can see women wearing pants being a herald of the downfall of civilization, but I meant the hotel in the 90s. It just seems barely a step removed from requiring people to dress up in Victorian costume.
Jesse - Jan 08, 2015 9:46:51 am PST #4823 of 5827
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
The place was cheap, and you knew what you were getting into, so I guess that was enough.
Connie Neil - Jan 08, 2015 10:13:41 am PST #4824 of 5827
brillig
This all reminds me of my mother's horror of middle sister wearing blue jeans to school. My sister had to hide upstairs until the bus was at the door, then run out. Early to mid-70s. My mother was a teenager during WWII.
Toddson - Jan 08, 2015 10:59:20 am PST #4825 of 5827
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
In the '70s, when pantsuits became a thing for women, a number of businesses banned them and there were restaurants that would not allow women wearing them to be seated.
Zenkitty - Jan 08, 2015 2:11:05 pm PST #4826 of 5827
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I remember my high school (Church-affiliated private school, late 1970s) tying itself in knots over the idea of allowing the girls to wear pants to school. They finally did allow it, in an attempt to prove how modern and open-minded they were (they really weren't).
beekaytee - Jan 08, 2015 4:29:21 pm PST #4827 of 5827
Compassionately intolerant
In the mid 60s, my father threatened to burn the school down if they did not let me wear pants. It was a sneaky dodge for him that he dressed me as a boy. In the end, the compromise was the once popular "apache skirt', which was two fabric scraps stitched to a pair of trousers.
Sophia Brooks - Jan 08, 2015 5:05:00 pm PST #4828 of 5827
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My mother is very proud of being one of the first women (secretaries) to wear a pantsuit at Bausch and Lomb.