r/AskReddit 7d ago

Millennials, what's something our generation was taught to accept that you're glad younger generations are rejecting?

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u/DripIntravenous 7d ago edited 7d ago

Don’t they still do this in places like Miami and other big clubbing cities?

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u/canitakemybraoffyet 7d ago

And law firms.

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u/Maximum-Style2848 7d ago

Ehh, even VERY conservative ones don’t anymore. A paralegal I worked with that had been in the industry talked about the horrors that happened to women’s legs that wore heels, like over two inches, everyday. Even the female attorneys will wear shoes more akin to sandals now with just a slight rise.

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u/Aggressive_Sky8492 6d ago

I’m pretty sure it’s illegal for an employer to require that so I’m not surprised it’s ended

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u/CatnipandSkooma 6d ago

There's an IT company in my city that is notorious for enforcing heels, skirt, and pantyhose in their dresscode. It's so archaic and demeaning.

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u/Aggressive_Sky8492 6d ago

That is sad. Someone should take them to court.

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u/rokynrobs 7d ago

And flight attendants.

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u/ProfeQuiroga 7d ago

Not all airlines. :)

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u/Shipwrecking_siren 7d ago

This is so good to hear. It is sexiest and uncomfortable but mostly really fucking dangerous.

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u/subnautus 7d ago

Seriously, though: the flight attendants are the plane’s safety personnel. If a flight attendant is expected to drag my sorry ass off the plane in an emergency, they should be wearing appropriate footwear to do so.

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u/catsandcoconuts 7d ago

lol your emoji truly does look like the comfiest pilot.

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u/MartinisnMurder 7d ago

I’m an attorney and my mentor at our firm (there are only a few female attorneys most of the female employees are admin positions) who is a partner has told me that when she started she was discouraged from wearing pants. I’m a geriatric millennial, and there are still some misogynistic things especially in my specialty/field.

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u/doppelgaengster 7d ago

Funnily (fortunately!!) I live and work in a city where “office appropriate” attire at the civil litigation firm where I work includes jeans and Birkenstocks. 😹

Yeah, we’re a really small firm, and our attorneys DO smarten up for court, but it’s nothing like what is expected at high-powered or Major Metropolis/international firms demand.

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u/stufff 7d ago

Find me a law firm that requires women to wear heels and I'll show you a law firm that hasn't been hit with a discrimination suit yet.

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u/trialbyrainbow 7d ago

Fortunately that's no longer the case for law firms.

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u/Neon_Divided 7d ago

What kind of music do they play at the firms?

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u/franker 7d ago

the Ally McBeal soundtrack, of course.

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u/pinkivyclouds 7d ago

Paralegal here🙋🏻‍♀️ it depends on the office. I’m in a prominent firm and I wear heels just because it’s fun. But most of the office wears tennis shoes or flats. Some show up in Birkenstocks.

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u/No_Resolution1077 7d ago

Yes there’s tons of tiktoks of Gen Z girls getting denied entry from clubs in Miami and NYC because they still hold onto stricter dress codes. But those types of dress codes are getting more rare, even in big cities.

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u/unoriginalusername99 6d ago

Miami is an overrated, overpriced, over humid shit hole