Letters to the Editor
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Just Desk Work?
I work in a more "hands on" industry, so pants just seem more practical to me. In the past week, I've had to climb up a stepladder to reach a high shelf, maneuver under my desk to change an ethernet cable, and kneel under a table to read the serial number off a piece of equipment. None of these tasks were technically "my job", but I would hate to have to say "sorry, I can't do that, I'm wearing a skirt". (I probably could have done these things in a skirt, but it definitely would have been awkward, and possibly "revealing" to anyone who was watching.)
Maybe higher level execs never have to do these things, whether they're male or female, but somehow I think they'd look down on a woman who hesitated to "pitch in" because of what she was wearing - even though they might say a skirt was more "appropriate".