Boss forbids female employee from wearing black slacks because they're too casual for the office: 'Nobody cares if a guy wears wrinkled khakis and a polo from 2007'

Not all rules and regulations are implemented equally. I learned that lesson well when I was dress coded in middle school for wearing shorts that were just as short as the shorts all the other girls were wearing. The only difference was that I was 5'9", and the other girls were significantly shorter, so my short shorts looked a lot shorter than theirs. I felt like I was being punished for having a different body than the average kid, and one could argue that my analysis of the situation was right on the money.

You would think you could expect to get that kind of unfair treatment from a crabby middle school gym teacher, but not from business professionals who are doing their best not to treat one employee differently from another. Unfortunately, you can't always expect bosses to treat all of their employees equally, even on matters as uniform as dress codes.

The woman in this story is fed up with the unfair treatment she's getting at her job regarding her outfits. She's getting reprimanded for wearing plain black slacks that aren't leggings or ripped jeans or anything of the sort, but her male colleagues can wear literally whatever they want without pushback.
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My boss just asked me not to wear my normal pants to work and I’ve never been angrier.

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$future_bog_witch We had to do a social experiment project as one of our senior projects. My friend decided to see if chest size influences dress code infractions. She was an F cup and was constantly written up for infractions despite wearing normal clothes. They had reduced her to only wearing baggy hoodies. For the experiment, we all took turns wearing the same code approved tank top (just in different sizes).$

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$Wouldn't you know it, the A and B cuppers didn't get a single infraction! A teacher told one that the top was cute!! I wish we could figure out why the D cuppers were all immediately flagged by teachers. When my friend wore the tank she was told to go to the office during attendance and given a detention. Boy howdy did the school not like her presentation.$

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