Sexist acts

This document is an article published in 2017 from the website the Guardian. Com and , written by the journalist Kevin Rawlinson. It deals with women's sexist dress codes at work. This code is characterized, for example, by wearing revealing clothing and high heels all day. The article was published after a debate at the parliament by members of parliament , it follows a petition launched by Nicola Thorp who was fired buse she refused to respect the dress code in her company

We learn from this document that these sexist acts have many repercussions on these women. The first consequences are physical. Wearing heels every day causes great pain and even injuries. This is the case of the daughter's member's parliament: "Speaking during a debate on Wednesday in parliament on workplace dress codes, Labour’s Gill Furniss said her daughter suffered a metatarsal fracture “more commonly affiliated with sports injuries”.

The psychological and economic consequences follow. Despite the injuries caused by these dress codes, they are denied any compensation or sick pay: “Quite literally adding insult to injury, she was denied any compensation or sick pay as she wasn’t on the payroll for long enough...". This can lead to depression : some women who are no longer paid, can no longer support themselves. Therefore we understand that they are forced to suffer in silence and accept these codes at the risk of being fired. So, they undergo a strong psychological pressure: “Threatened with dismissal if they complained, they were forced to bear pain all day, or to wear clothing that was totally unsuitable for the tasks that they were asked to perform, or to dress in a way that they felt sexualised their appearance and was demeaning.”

The members of parliament are all shocked. According to them, these attitudes should no longer exist in our time. These are archaic sexist acts that should no longer be in this day:“It is fair to say that what we found shocked us. We found attitudes that belonged more – I was going to say in the 1950s but probably the 1850s might be more accurate, than in the 21st century,” said Labour MP Helen Jones, the chair of parliament’s petitions committee, which organised the debate." Thereby, they decide to change the way. In particular, the establishment of an investigation into sexist dress codes at work. They also plan to review equality legislation. A reminder was sent to all employers to review their dress codes. And finally, the government condemn these sexist acts.

Finally, the aim of this article is first to inform people of that situations. Actually, a lot of people are not aware that this still exists. But also to denounce these facts that should no longer exist in our time. And especially to give courage to women victims of sexist acts to denounce those people.

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