To me, it just seems like one of those areas where there’s still a sort of bottom-line standard—nicer than athletic wear—that both men and women are expected to reach.

As a quick question — perhaps you can answer this, though we’re unlikely to be in this situation.

What on earth has that got to do with anything?

Basically, it seems that the majority of the dress rules are directed towards the female employees and their female children. United should really take a second look at the assumptions underlying this list.

So it isn’t the gate agent, but the policy that’s blatantly sexist.

In reading the dress code that another commenter posted, it seems to give far more latitude to the men: shorts are allowed if they are no more than three inches above the knee — but no miniskirts at all. No spandex pants or dresses (hence the leggings issue) seems to be aimed at the women (I don’t recall too many men…

Since the issue for United is the employee dress code for people flying on employee passes, I wouldn’t be mad if they’d made the dad change too. They have every right to require that people who work for them meet a certain level of formality when redeeming a benefit.

Given that exploring Samurai World is a possibility, pretty please GRANT US THE BLESSINGS OF KEN WATANABE, JOHN CHO AND DANIEL DAE-KIM ON TV ALL AT ONCE.

Trump said today that no Democrats were going to vote for AHCA: “it’s very hard when you need almost 100 percent of the votes and we have no votes, zero, from the Democrats. It’s unheard of.” So that’s why it had to be pulled.

I say the Democrats should own it. If they are to blame for the defeat of the bill then they won. They beat Trump. They are the winners and he is the loser. They should say “ when we defeated Trumpcare. ..., when Donald Trump lost Trumpcare ” over and over.

I know. How dare they pass a bill that actually cuts the rate of uninsured people and makes sure most preventative care is covered.

Well to be fair, the Democrats are to blame - they passed a much better bill than the GOP could ever come up with.

It should be illegal for ISP’s to have political clout/influence in the outcome of nationwide internet access... they should be aiming high and working to provide 100meg/1/10gigabit to every home in America no matter where it is.

To all ISP’s - shut up, quit complaining, take the hit, use the federal grant money that…

Yes, this. Employees are offered healthcare as part of compensation. For instance, when I was given my “compensation package” at my last job, it included my insurance costs, 401k matching, etc. So while my actual paycheck was X, my total compensation was Y. And not covering birth control under that insurance plan…

Well employer provided health insurance is generally considered part of your compensation. So I might frame the two as “the right to decide how to use your paycheck” vs “an employer’s right to decide how employees use their paychecks”.

Most of the rice on nigiri I had at sushi places just feels like cold plain rice.

Oh, it just feels like it’s plain old rice? Well then, you’re obviously a culinary expert, who specializes in Asian cuisine. Why question your wisdom?

if you truly see differences, and you really believe that about America, you probably have a better read on it than I do.  I would suggest that it’s about as possible to become a new familial dynasty in the US today, as it is to breach the aristrocracy in UK. It’s possible, but what blood is to UK aristrocracy, money…

Is this really the time for America to question why any other country tolerates its heads of state?

There’s some suggestion that constitutional monarchies work better than republics.