Fluffy fashion column prejudiced in own way
I’m sure I’m not the only reader who was appalled to open Monday’s edition of The Daily and find, right next to two eloquent, intelligent letters about race issues at Northwestern, you have printed a column (“Define your night with closet choice,” Nov. 9) instructing women to “dress how you want to be treated.” (After all, says a guy quoted in the column, “we can literally point to girls and say, ‘Yep, that one’s good for the night.’ ”) Although you clearly oppose judging people by the color of their skin, you seem to have nothing against judging them by the style of their clothes. What a shame.
— Miriam Mogilevsky
Medill freshman
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Ian
@Alex: Doesn't mean you should assume that.
LAG
Of course people are going to judge either other based on the clothes they wear, just like people will judge each other based on the music they listen to, the movies they watch, their haircut, or any other personal choices they make. Comparing that to race is foolish. You are born a certain race, you aren't born wearing a certain style of clothing. You wouldn't go to a job interview dressed shabbily because you know you will be judged based on your clothes. To pretend it should be any different at a club is foolish. That doesn't mean someone is right when they look at your clothes and say she a slut he's a dork, she's a prude, he's preppy, but it's only natural that some initial thought will be made, and if you want to give off a certain initial thought then dress appropriately.
Your name
The word slut. What a pointless double standard. Women should not be chastised for having a healthy sexuality. Fellow women, why deny yourself something so pleasureable? I swear, that is just crazy talk. Dress how you want, have sex with whom you want and STILL demand respect. Life is seriously too short to care about meaningless labels, especially ones that guys do not have to endure. It is especially too short to read a Mahen column about topics everyone found interesting in middle school.
Not this again
I was similarly disappointed in the column. It's a very small step from "Dress how you want to be treated" to "Well, if she went out wearing that, no wonder she was raped," and I'm unhappy that a woman is willing (consciously or unconsciously) to perpetuate that attitude.
Alex
If people dress like sluts, they probably are sluts.
