Dress code: discrimination or common sense

Clothing has always been not just an element of practicality, but the unofficial definition of individuality. In the earlier stages of development of a society defined the costume person belonging to a particular social class and not so clearly conveyed the essence of media, both in the modern world, where the interclass relationships virtually reduced to a minimum, and the expression of personal style came to the fore.

And still wears clothes and is wearing a delimiting character, since even today's fashion is available not for everyone. It is because the clothing can convey so much sense, we are dealing with the concept of the dress code. Disputes the relevance of special clothing or strictly regulated under way today. For someone dress code - is the ability to convey the essence and meaning of a particular professional activity and for others - is another way to limit human individuality. We decided to deal with the positive and negative aspects of the concept of the dress code and decide whether its presence is essential today.

Discrimination or common sense

December 6, 2016, the year Life.ru news portal published the news about changes in the dress code of the Moscow metro workers. According to the source, women are prohibited to appear in the workplace design manicure, bright makeup, high fleece and piercing. Along with the new regulations regarding the appearance of workers were also listed other prohibitions. Now employees of the subway should not read books, newspapers and playing phone games in the workplace, and of the authorized literature were identified only technical issues. According to the leadership of the Moscow metro, these measures have been taken to improve the culture and improve the image of the underground station in front of the city's residents.

Based on information published by Life.ru, these changes apply only to the female workers and the subsequent news comments suggest that the new working procedures are not so straightforward as it seems. From the contents of the news shows that this innovation - this is not discrimination, but an attempt of the city authorities to resolve social problems in this absurd way. But let's deal with those cases in which the dress code - it is really necessary.

Professional image

Using the dress code is primarily due to the psychological characteristics of people. Service sector and any public service is trusted by the customers, and hence the employees clothes should be appropriate. Suppose, for example, aboard an aircraft, the stewards and stewardesses are dressed quite formally: a suit, tie, shoes representative, often a headdress. Feeling that for the safety and comfort of passengers meet people that look well-groomed and noble, soothes and inspires the same idea of ​​the services of the company as a whole.

Speaking about the dress code in business, we have a business relationship, which means that the clothes should not talk about hiding underneath a woman or a man. Business clothes emphasizes the relationships that have formed between business partners. If you think about a work dress code is deprived of objectification, where a man or a woman may feel that some of their virtues paraded. There is also the concept of "power dressing", by which men and women achieve a specific effect on its audience, and often such clothing is also considered a business, emphasizing rather the presence of power and influence than individuality. So the designers, dressing politicians pay attention to the color that can also transmit a lot of hints.

Quite impossible to imagine a politician or a stewardess demonstrating piercing or shocking makeup. The thing is that in this case the expression of individual style is not justified, as expected from a man certain psychological atmosphere.

Modern dress code

For the modern concept of fashion and individuality of character is much more important than the clothes of the past decades. If in the 60's feminists have promoted the idea of ​​a female business suit to get the opportunity to work alongside men, today or that the standards of women's clothing can be regarded differently. Feminist trends were to equalize men and women show that the first can and should be taken seriously.

Today clothing is committed to total freedom: how gender stereotypes, and by the dress code. Many of the standards of professional style contrary to the concepts of "comfort" and "health", not to mention the clothes items which tend to return women to their "natural" image - feminine, sexy, designed to delight the eyes of men. So, heels and tight skirts are not all women seem fair elections in business clothes. The emergence of business casual style solved the problems of modern women and men in the choice of clothes that can be worn to the office, becoming the link between the manifestation of personality, the need for comfort and standards of business image.

Russian reality

Returning to the news about the new image of the Russian underground, you should pay attention not only to the restrictions, but also to the reality that surrounds modern metro users. Is the lack of piercing, modest and neat hairstyle makeup women reading the technical manual while working, the ability to raise the level of service, which currently have to offer in our country? Indeed, in the present state of workers observed no lack of culture, and a direct relationship with the quality of the subway and, more importantly, the level of wages, which is produced by its employees and workers. To raise the level of culture and create an image, you must begin not with bans already migrant employees and to create the conditions for a comfortable labor. And only then it is logical to stipulate requirements regarding appearance, education and other important criteria for applicants, of which just formed the image of the enterprise, no matter what service it is not provided.