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I have no issue with you hating high heels, men in smart shoes but no socks etc.
I was responding to this - "One day they'll be looked back upon quizzically the way we now view corsets". If you'd said "the way I view corsets" or "the way we now view those rib-wrecking 17th century corsets" I wouldn't have made a squeak.
Call it a personal pet hate, if you like.
Wanna fight?
hoefla
The_Kindness_of_Trees
Hey - the thread is called 'I hate', not 'I hate: now make a case for it to convince others.'
I said I hated high heels, next referred people to the outrageous incident whereupon a worker was sent home for refusing to wear them, and finally made an off-hand comment about how we'll one day look back and wonder what the attraction was. I fully understand "what's going on", agree that there are plenty of other daft things that some people feel obliged - or are obligated - to wear, but my personal gripe is with high-heels (along with men in smart shoes and trousers but no socks, and men who leave the top three buttons of their shirt undone, especially if they're over 30).
In any case, I think that the "expectation that women look feminine and basically sexy as part of a work/professional image" is EXACTLY the sort of argument that will effect change, if only because it highlights that such dress-codes breach existing (European?) legislation regarding equality in the workplace.