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Forging Linkages between Dress and Law in the U.S., Part II: Dress Codes

Sharron J. Lennon

Department of Consumer and Textiles Sciences, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210-1295, email: lennon.2{at}osu.edu

Theresa Lennon Schulz

P.A., Lake Elmo, MN

K.P. Johnson

Design, Housing and Apparel, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108-6134

Dress and human behavior research, caselaw, and statutes related to workplace and school dress codes in the U.S. are discussed. In caselaw and statutes regarding dress codes, the way dress is interpreted by the legal system is consistent with research, in contrast to the way dress is interpreted in rape and sexual harassment cases. In both areas of law, the assumption is that inferences based on dress are accurate. Thus, both in framing statutes and in rendering judicial decisions, the legal system considers how observers interpret, make inferences, and act as a function of inferences based on the dress of the wearer. In rape and sexual harassment cases, this perspective allows the misuse of dress to shift blame from the perpetrator to the victim; thus, inference accuracy is a point of law. Dress code cases implicate issues of individual freedom, which are not related to inference accuracy. Research and policy linkages between dress and human behavior research and law are suggested.

Key Words: Key Words: workplace dress codes • school dress codes • uniform codes • dress and law.

Clothing and Textiles Research Journal, Vol. 17, No. 3, 157-167 (1999)
DOI: 10.1177/0887302X9901700306
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