Man Cross Jewelry

Q: I worked in the legal department for an oil company which REQUIRED that women wear hose with skirts or dresses and did not allow women to wear slacks. Some years later, I worked for a law firm that had almost the same code. No mention of men's clothing was made other than to say that it had to be "neat and orderly". I understand that the law firm that I worked for no longer enforces the code for women wearing slacks, but they are still required to wear hose if they wear dresses and the code does not state anything about men wearing socks, nor any other requirement other than the "neat and orderly" thing. There are also restrictions on women's jewelry there but not on mens'. Any comments???

A:What if a man chooses to work in a dress and hose? No joke intended! Neat and orderly surely implies slacks and button down shirt(at least), no? Ok, clothes aren't that big of a concern for the average man,

but this is a point worth making. Whereas women complain(and with just cause) about *imposing* dress codes, it would seem that men are subject to equally *restrictive* clothing policies. if you want to work for a law firm or oil company, you have to decide which kind of sacrifices are acceptable and which are not. I assume most of the men do not go sockless, despite the lack of regulation? How much jewelry do the men wear in those workplaces? And, to return to your original question: What is to prevent a person from requesting nicely that someone else pay a little more attention to his or her grooming, rather than hoping for regulation from on high?