Nomad--
I had a similar experience in a college class. I went back to school after having kids, so I was a little older than some of the other Freshman. And there was a young girl in my class who was always wearing sweats and one of those spaghetti-strap tops. She would roll the top of the pants down just a tad and every time she moved you either got a slight view of her underpants or a sight view of her breasts. She seemed unaware--but it made others in class uncomfortable.
Finally, the teacher (a man) tried to politely ask her to please put on a sweatshirt or something.
Well, this young lady turned on him and gave him a lecture about her right to be comfortable and wear what she wanted and he had no business looking at her anyway and yadda, yadda, yadda.
The teacher was a nice guy, and I felt really bad that she had yelled at him that way. At the time, I wanted to pull her aside and say something along the lines of look--you are clearly making people uncomfortable...couldn't you have a bit of respect.
But I never said anything.
I think it's a no-win situation. I don't think everyone will ever agree on what is or is not appropriate to wear.
I had a similar experience in a college class. I went back to school after having kids, so I was a little older than some of the other Freshman. And there was a young girl in my class who was always wearing sweats and one of those spaghetti-strap tops. She would roll the top of the pants down just a tad and every time she moved you either got a slight view of her underpants or a sight view of her breasts. She seemed unaware--but it made others in class uncomfortable.
Finally, the teacher (a man) tried to politely ask her to please put on a sweatshirt or something.
Well, this young lady turned on him and gave him a lecture about her right to be comfortable and wear what she wanted and he had no business looking at her anyway and yadda, yadda, yadda.
The teacher was a nice guy, and I felt really bad that she had yelled at him that way. At the time, I wanted to pull her aside and say something along the lines of look--you are clearly making people uncomfortable...couldn't you have a bit of respect.
But I never said anything.
I think it's a no-win situation. I don't think everyone will ever agree on what is or is not appropriate to wear.