Comments on: Why Nadine Dorries is wrong on high heels

By: High Heels, Low Politics « Left Outside

High Heels, Low Politics « Left Outside — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:45:18 +0000

[...] this TUC document the motion discussing footwear is 81st. This has been explained here by Sunny and here by Nicola Smith, not to mention being plain as day on page 40 of the original proposition that no one is banning [...]

By: Katie

Katie — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:05:42 +0000

Do Nadine Dorries, the Tories; together with their all-pervasive tabloids and the rest of their vast (and it has to be emphasized) *monopolistic* media concerns similarly defend the right of a male-to-female transvestite to wear high heels to work when their (usually alpha-male) employer says ‘no’?

And if not; why not?

The truth is that there is NO justification for gendered dress codes at all – as all they do is attempt to prop up an already decaying, sexist, patriarchally-created and defined bi-polar gender construct.

The widespread, virtually unquestioned, requirement to look like a replica of a Ken or Barbie Doll is all about sexism and transphobia – nothing to do with the ‘need to maintain a smart, professional appearance’ excuse so monotonously, and thoughtlessly, churned out by governing-’elites’ whenever any defenceless worker or school student objects to it.

By: Are High Heels Being Banned in the UK? « FashionPeek.com Fashion Clothing Fashion Jewelry Fashion Handbags Fashion Shoes

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:16:31 +0000

[...] up, the Trade Union Congress is apparently not trying to ban high heels. In fact, according to a recent post on the TUC’s Touch Stone Blog, their current policy “that employers shouldn’t require [...]

By: Twitted by KerryMP

Twitted by KerryMP — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:39:02 +0000

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By: Web links for 5th August 2009 | ToUChstone blog: A public policy blog from the TUC

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 08:42:41 +0000

[...] Mail Fail. Daily Mail unsure how they stand on stilettos (geddit?) Paul Cotterill has unearthed this very interesting Daily Mail health warning on high heels from last year – looks like they didn’t read their own paper too closely before running the TUC heel ban story [...]

By: Liberal Conspiracy » No, the TUC is not banning high heels

Liberal Conspiracy » No, the TUC is not banning high heels — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 01:15:24 +0000

[...] – which has long had a vendetta against trade unions. As Nicola Smith explains on the Touchstone blog: To set the record straight the TUC couldn’t care less whether Nadine Dorries wears Louboutin or [...]

By: Et tu Konnie? The stilettos go in | johninnit

Et tu Konnie? The stilettos go in | johninnit — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:55:17 +0000

[...] 7/8/9: More on this from Nicola at ToUChstone, and Jenni Russell on CiF complains about the joyless utilitarianism of a health and safety motion. [...]