Last Monday Ms Tracy Brabin wore an off the shoulder tailored dress in parliament.
How would you react? Perhaps you'd think nothing of it, ok so what. Perhaps you'd think that's a bit dressy for work. Perhaps you'd think go on girl she can wear what she likes. Perhaps you'd think what a slag. Whatever you think it's not up to you what Tracy Brabin wears to work and it doesn't affect you in any way: why should people take to twitter slamming this woman for for outfit choice.
The initial tweet simply questioned whether it was "appropriate attire" for her place of work. What followed this was a barrage of cutting remarks towards who she is as a person as a result of that one outfit choice. Tracy states "they were playing top trumps on how rude they could be."
Tracy, who intends always to dress smartly for Parliament, said her dress had simply 'slipped a little as she leant forward to speak.'
According to BBC News 'MPs do not have an official dress code, although they are advised to wear "usual" business dress. Male MPs were told in 2017 they did not need to wear ties in the chamber by the then Speaker, John Bercow.'
Having earlier stated "They are idiots and they are rude but I am not going to lose much sleep over them." she went on to say "It's important I don't let other women down."
The fact that Tracy's dress was even an issue in the first place displays how sexist certain environments can be, but to have been called such rude remarks as a result of it is shocking. It demonstrates just how unbalanced Parliament is, in particular, with regards to their views on such matters.
'There are 32 million women in the UK, accounting for 51 percent of the population. Despite this, the House of Commons consists of 71 percent men.'
With feminism and equality such a talked about subject why haven't generalised views on matters such as this changed. It is as if rules have been made decades ago with opinions from those times being promoted by men about both men and women. It's unacceptable and the sort of topic that should have adapted with the times in a similar way that LGBTQ+ has done in recent years.
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