I'm watching MSNBC programs which, as usual, feature women guests

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

and panelists, all of whom are intensely and very appropriately critical of Kavanaugh and the GOP Senators, and how women have been so often treated as less-than. And while the men are dressed as professionals, wearing suit jackets and (usually) ties, the women are wearing sleeveless dresses showing plenty of cleavage. WTF? It seems like such a visual oxymoron, and is one of my pet peeves about cable news programs. Am I making too much of this?

[spooky3]

1. You're not. I agree and I have heard other professional women say the same things.

One put it as "why are they wearing cocktail dresses at work"?

I have heard some who disagree but I think they are in the minority, and all certainly agree that if the job demands that men wear suits, women should also.

[SoCalDem]

2. I agree with you and long for the days

when women wore "newslady" blazers & shirts

Far too many tv-people (female) look like they ducked out of a cocktail party or a date.

It's always refreshing to watch BBC/DW/France 24 or CNN-I..

Their women presenters dress professionally ...not provocatively

[NurseJackie]

4. Yes... this... we are in 100% agreement!

It's always refreshing to watch BBC/DW/France 24 or CNN-I..
Their women presenters dress professionally ...not provocatively

Yes... this... we are in 100% agreement! I also like the fact that their presenters do not have celebrity status and it's not the same one night after night, week after week. (At least with BBC World News.)

[renate]

3. My husband pointed out this exact thing yesterday nt

[Ohiogal]

5. I agree with you 100%

Been noticing this for a long time, wtf is with women broadcasters and the sleeveless cocktail dresses? Alongside a man in a suit and tie. It looks very unprofessional to me and quite sexist.They even dress this way on my small market local news stations.

And don't get me started on the female analysts on ESPN ....