Paul Ryan Did Not Create a Sexist Dress Code for the House Floor

On Thursday morning, CBS’s Rebecca Shabad reported that Washington, D.C.’s heat wave had reignited debate over the House of Representatives’ dress code, which forbids women from wearing open-toed shoes and sleeveless dresses and mandates that men wear a suit jacket with a tie, even in sweltering humidity. By Thursday evening, Paul Ryan was being accused of turning the House floor into The Handmaid’s Tale. You think I’m exaggerating. I’m not. “‘Handmaids’ in the House?” read the title of a Newsweek story. “Dress Code Requires (Most) Women to Cover Their Shoulders.” “Congress’s Dress Code Is Sexist and Just Plain F***ed Up” read another by
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