I am really divided on the whole Ines Sainz issue. For those not familiar with the story, she's the
female sports reporter who felt that she was on the receiving end of catcalls and boorish behaviour while interviewing a member of the Jets in New York. The photo above is the outfit that she wore while conducting the interview. She herself tweeted the picture.
I think that any woman should be able to go about her business without being bothered. However, they should also have some concept of reality and their environment. They should not be a hypocrite. This woman freely calls herself the "hottest sports reporter." She used to be a beauty queen, so she's traded on her looks in the past. In what other work environment would this outfit be appropriate? I highly doubt that a male sports reporter would go into a locker room environment wearing a sexually provocative outfit. Most of them wear suits and bad toupees.
Here is another photo of Ines Sainz conducting an interview. I doubt it was her Mensa abilities that got her the job.
One rarely, if ever, reads stories of males being given direction about inappropriate attire. Yet, there are stories of female lawyers being told that their skirts are too short and that their tops are too low for the court-room. Why is it that some women have to resort to such games to get ahead? We should be able to operate on the same playing field as men. A person can still be feminine without being sleazy. If someone is going to dress a certain way in front of certain people, there may be consequences, like it or not. Face it, some people aren't the brightest bulbs in the chandelair. A man wouldn't walk into a park in the dead of night with their wallet showing. Why would a woman dress like this going into a locker-room and then expect to be treated like a professional? It doesn't make sense. If she's going to trade on her looks one day, she can't be offended when people don't treat her with the respect that Howard Cosell had.
I suppose it got what she wanted, and that was more publicity. The sad thing is that it hurt the women out there who are actually capable of doing a good job.
I think most young women in this day and age don't have a true concept of appropiate attire. After all Hollywood has saturated young girls with images of tight asses and big perky boobs that it has twisted a generation of minds. Even when watching crap like Project Runway and a designer makes a beautiful outfit that's still sexy but covers up what needs to be covered the designer is then charged with making a granny outfit. That's one of the reasons why I stopped watching that crap. Even I were thin and had a great body I would refuse to follow fashion trends because they suck.
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