Guardian:
Republican dress code is straight out of The Handmaid’s Tale
The party is already making women’s lives miserable with its
healthcare bill – now it’s kicking them out of the speaker’s
lobby for baring their arms. In her weekly advice column, our style
expert asks what’s next in this brave new world? (Click)
Washington Examiner:
Guardian reporter completely botches article blaming Paul Ryan for the dress code in the House
Guardian reporter completely botches article blaming Paul Ryan for the dress code in the House
The dress code, which applies to the Speaker's lobby only, is not new, nor was it crafted by GOP lawmakers....The only reason anyone is talking about the code now is because Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., is House Speaker and because members of the press who are not from Washington, D.C., apparently don't know a damn thing about Congress. (Click)
No
need to panic, no call for alarm,
if
Puritan Ryan fears a woman's bare arm.
How,
after all, can a guy legislate
with
female flesh (as it were) "on his plate".
Alt-Right rebuttal to Guardian thesis is
a load of crap which (deliberately?) misses
the
point (if you are paying attention)
which is
that GOP has no intention
of
regarding anything female without condescension.