Yes, they are, because they are used to police women and girls, not men and boys.

Jesus, it’s like people here don’t understand that the very concept of a dress code is intended to enforce class and gender norms. Like, yes, this is sexist. It’s also classist. All dress codes are, and intentionally so.

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…

YEAH! GET THAT INFANT OUT OF THAT ONSIE AND INTO A PROPER LITTLE DRESS!

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.

I’m disappointed, Jezebel community. You don’t need to be outraged, but can’t we see the vileness of taking aside 2 children wearing leggings and telling them to “cover up”? Wtf? Did United airport security have nothing better to do? They could have been eyeballing crowds for suspicious behavior, or at least made sure…

United offers less leg room than almost any other major carrier. If they don’t want people wearing leggings, maybe give them enough room to sit comfortably in more-formal clothes?

A minor child is not a representative of the company and literally no passenger on any flight would expect them to be one, even if it was the pilot’s or the CEO’s kid.

Is United paying people to comment here or something? Who cares if they were using an employee pass, she was 10. Why are they letting children use the pass if they’re going to hold them to ridiculous dress codes?

Why are children in leggings a problem?

Why, though? Literally the only people who would know that they have any sort of connection to United are other United employees. The argument that they’re acting as representatives of the company by traveling on an employee discount is absurd.

Imagine if this had been mentioned several times in the article you skimmed. Just imagine!

What an odd hill to die on. My family has flown United a lot, and we used to joke that they only select flight attendants from the servers rejected from Ed Debeviks for being too rude. 😆😉😋

It is. He can’t win. It;s just a scare tactic. Remember the Dubya shoe dodge game? That was a beautiful thing too.

It is, which makes this effort more pathetic. Most likely an attempt to silence a teenager because they can’t afford the litigation, commonly known as SLAPP.

It is. His lawyers are trying to intimidate her, because often the threat of having to go through the time and expense of fighting something in court is enough to scare someone off even when they know the other side doesn’t have a valid case.

And so much more articulate.

Why is this not 1st amendment protected political satire?

Lucy needs to contact the ACLU as this is a clear violation of the First Amendment.

Well, it’s not quite on the same level as using his head to draw figures of penises, but at least this site still seems to be available — for now.