Jezebel: Skirts

Officials Haven't Decided If Female Olympic Boxers Will Be Forced To Wear Skirts in Competition

Erin Gloria Ryan — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 14:55:00 EDT

Officials from The International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA) nearly incited fisticuffs when they implied that the first ever Olympic female boxers will be required to enter the ring in skirts. But, calm down, Panicky Von Anxoius O'Feminista— they only might be required. Official uniforms for Olympic women's boxing haven't been finalized yet. More »

Brooklyn Cops Offer Helpful Anti-Rape Clothing Advice

Anna North — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 15:00:00 EDT

A series of sexual assaults in the South Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn have residents scared. The cops' solution: don't wear skirts. More »

France May Ban The Burqa • Couple With Swine Flu Weds

Anna North — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:20:00 EDT

A French government spokesman has said that France will consider banning the burqa, "if it were determined that wearing the burka is a submissive act, and that it is contrary to republican principles." • More »

Doing The Whirly-Jig

Anna Holmes — Mon, 11 May 2009 14:10:00 EDT

[Minsk, May 9. Image via Getty]

Skirting The Issue

Maria — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 09:45:00 EDT

Nsaba Buturo, the ethics and integrity minister of Uganda, is calling for a ban on the wearing of miniskirts because they can cause traffic accidents. Buturo told reporters: "What's wrong with a miniskirt? You can cause an accident because some of our people are weak mentally." Buturo also claims that wearing a short skirt is akin to being naked and should be considered "indecent," which would make it punishable under Ugandan law. [BBC] More »

Skirting The Issue

Maria — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:45:00 EDT

Nadifo Yusuf, a Muslim Canadian woman, claims that she was fired from her job scanning boxes at a UPS delivery plant in Toronto because she refused to hike up her skirt above her knees. Yusuf had worked as a temporary UPS employee for 2 years, and her outfit — a hijab and a floor-length skirt she would raise to calf-level — had never been a safety issue. However she claims that in April 2005, after becoming a full-time unionized employee, she was told to raise her skirt to knee-level. Yusuf and five other Muslim women provided UPS with a letter from a mosque stating that Muslim women needed to cover their entire body; however, after UPS made an investigation into the safety issues of the skirts, they said that for "health and safety reasons" workers' skirts could be no longer than knee-level. Yusuf and seven other Muslim women were fired in July 2005. [UPI] More »

Woman Denied Entry For 'Lesbian' T-Shirt • High School Bans Cheerleader Uniforms On Campus

Maria — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:30:00 EDT

A woman in California who was wearing a t-shirt with the words "lesbian.com" was told that she could not enter a government building by a (privately hired) security guard who said the shirt was "offensive." • A Seattle-area grandmother found herself trouble when she registered her pup to vote to demonstrate how easy it is to commit voter fraud. The charges against her were dropped on Monday. • The first woman in Kentucky's history has been accused of bigamy. More »

Sue The Pants Off Them

Maria — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:20:00 EDT

Tahita Jenkins was fired from her job as a New York City bus driver when she refused to wear pants or culottes for religious reasons in May 2007. Now Jenkins is suing NYC Transit for religious discrimination. Jenkins is a Pentecostal whose strict religious beliefs prohibits women from wearing pants. Jenkins refused the option of wearing culottes which she saw as "just another form of pants" and even provided "proof" that her Church was against the bus driver's standard uniform (which apparently doesn't even have a modest calf-length skirt as an option). She was fired despite her religious explanation. Is giving someone the option of wearing a skirt really that big of a deal? Who even sees below the bus driver's waist when riding the bus? Even male postal workers are allowed to wear skirts. [NY Post] More »

Buyer Beware

eurotrash — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 17:07:22 EST

According to The Guardian hips may be hip again this spring when tulip shaped skirts show up in stores. Not likely this trend will take off since women have been taming their curves for generations, but if you're tempted, proceed with caution. Tulip skirts, like last season's balloon skirts, are not for everyone. They work for those who are lean above and below the skirt leaving one to imagine that there's a shapely little bum hiding underneath. http://www.guardian.co.uk/style/story/0,,1964133,00.html More »