People deserve respect no matter what they wear
Kristin Kajdzik
sophomore
I am writing in response to Wednesday's letter about the message sent out by women's clothing on campus.
I am the costume designer from "Guys and Dolls," responsible for dressing the "sinners." Ironically, the clothing used to outfit the hookers was obtained from student closets on campus. However, I do not feel that her insulting remarks were warranted.
Although these outfits in context were meant to be suggestive, I do not think that choosing to wear such clothing should automatically associate a woman with any particular label. How dare one person pass judgment on another due to something as trivial as an article of clothing.
Not only are the girls wearing this "offensive" clothing some of the most intelligent and respectable young women I have ever met, but the girls who kindly lent their clothing to the show are as well. I think that one should not be quick to judge a girl by what she is wearing, but rather by the way she conducts herself.
I believe that a girl should be able to dress in any way in which she is comfortable, regardless of the criticism that may be wrought by an uneducated few. I am sorry that some people find a suggestive style of dress offensive, but a young woman has as much of a right to dress up as she does to wear jeans and a T-shirt to class.
For someone speaking of respect, Sheila often forgets that everyone is deserving of a basic level of human respect. I find this more appalling than any tight, little tube top.
Kristin Kajdzik
sophomore
Pangborn Hall
February 15, 2001
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