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Alabama

2naSalit

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4. Back in my younger years...

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri Jul 29, 2022, 07:56 AM

Jul 2022

In New England, that was standard fare in public or in school settings. Women and girls regularly subjected to wardrobe correction, even to the point of physically forcing you out of the room or building and/or calling the cops. Regularly.

Skirt too short, not allowed to even wear pants, appropriate stockings and shoes, no bare midriff or waist, nothing sleeveless, wrong hair-do for the occasion... it was the American taliban, xtian oriented. And I'm not talking catholic schools either. This happened in stores, restaurants, you name it, if some white person made a stink about you and you weren't pearly white, you were subject to all kinds of abuse that was okay with the "village".

Alabama is still there.

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ADOC officials tell reporter that her skirt is too short to witness execution [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2022 OP

rejecting the skirt was just trumpist "enemy of the people "stupidity rampartc Jul 2022 #1

There's so much wrong with this story, I don't know where to begin. BComplex Jul 2022 #2

I'm sure the viewing this execution was part of her job. They were keeping her from doing her job Walleye Jul 2022 #3

Many official proceedings have a media requirement UpInArms Jul 2022 #6

The press needs to report about public executions. Irish_Dem Jul 2022 #12

Back in my younger years... 2naSalit Jul 2022 #4

Not too many days moniss Jul 2022 #8

When I was in high school (public), girls had to kneel down to get their shirt length measured. Irish_Dem Jul 2022 #10

Yup. 2naSalit Jul 2022 #17

Yes female clothing was strictly regulated. Irish_Dem Jul 2022 #18

That's weird. If the officials that told her that are loyal Fox News viewers, tanyev Jul 2022 #5

Too bad for her snowybirdie Jul 2022 #7

Well. That's an interesting viewpoint for someone who professes to be a Democrat. Higherarky Jul 2022 #14

My point snowybirdie Jul 2022 #16

I do think most good Democrats think capital punishment is terrible. Higherarky Jul 2022 #20

We must preserve the moral standing of our wimmenfolk, so she can watch us kill this guy. nt eppur_se_muova Jul 2022 #9

Strict control over all aspects of women's lives. Irish_Dem Jul 2022 #11

There was an unexplained three-hour delay before Alabama carried out last night's execution mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2022 #13

wtf!!!!! Celerity Jul 2022 #15

So in 1994, 50 yr. old Joe Nathan James Jr. would've been 22 or 23 yrs. 2live is 2fly Jul 2022 #19

A reporter went to cover an execution. She was told her skirt was too short. mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 #21