Missouri Lawmakers Respond To Sexual Harassment Of Interns By Suggesting Intern Dress Code

[DonViejo]

Source: TPM

The Missouri legislature would like to continue its internship program despite the program being marred by the recent sexual harassment of interns. The idea the lawmakers have come up with? Imposing a dress code for the interns to "help everyone keep their focus on legislative matters."

Missouri state Rep. Kevin Engler (R) sent a memo to his colleagues Monday night with suggestions, including minimum number of credit hours for participation and mandatory sexual harassment training for both interns and lawmakers, according to the Kansas City Star on Tuesday.

The move came after two legislators, including former Missouri House Speaker John Diehl (R), resigned amid allegations of sexual harassment of interns. State Rep. Bill Kidd (R) responded to Engler with a suggestion of his own: "Intern dress code," he wrote, according to the newspaper.

Rep. Nick King (R) agreed, the newspaper reported.

"We need a good, modest, conservative dress code for both the males and females," King wrote in an email, the Huffington Post reported on Tuesday. "Removing one more distraction will help everyone keep their focus on legislative matters."

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/john-diehl-resigns-intern-sexting

[LanternWaste]

1. The convenience of being so weak-willed as to be at the control...

The convenience of being so weak-willed as to be at the control of another persons' wardrobe must be liberating in a sad way.

[Scuba]

2. Sounds like the interns need barbed wire clothing.

[MADem]

3. I have a better idea--a LAWMAKER dress code!!!!

Here's the key clothing item:

[jtuck004]

4. Great idea. What are the perverts going to wear that will keep them from molesting children? n/t

[Roland99]

5. Denial....not just a river in Egypt

[dem in texas]

6. Poor old horny Missouri Lawmakers

The Missouri lawmakers are getting horny looking at the young women interns. So rather than take responsibility for their boorish behavior, they decide it's the women's fault because of the way they dress.

[Hekate]

7. I recommend handuffs for the lawmakers rather than burkas for the interns.

[nichomachus]

8. So, basically, Sharia Law. Nt

[kairos12]

9. How about shrink wrapping these leches so the Interns can go about their work.

[tanyev]

10. Oh my goodness, just look at all that tempting flesh on display!

http://trumantoday.truman.edu/011211.html


Shoulders! Open collars! How on earth is a middle-aged Bible-thumping family values politician supposed to resist that??

[Android3.14]

11. Four months old and misleading

meh.

The TPM article is four months old.

The actual article is about how the house stopped the suggestion with the support of the Republican Speaker.

I'm all for pointing out when the GOP act like assholes, as they were four months ago, but we are better than this.

[tblue37]

12. Same attitude that forces women to wear burqas--the idea that if they

were not looking so sexy, men would not be tempted, because when they are tempted, they cannot be expected to control their response.