A semi-retired federal judge in Omaha, Nebraska, US District Court Richard Kopf, wrote in a blog post found by Talking Points Memo that he "appreciates" a female lawyer in his court who "wears very short skirts and shows lots of her ample chest." He then offers his "three rules that young women lawyers should follow when considering how to dress for court."
1. You can't win. Men are both pigs and prudes. Get over it.As if to prove that "men are both pigs and prudes," Kopf opens the piece with a story about making his daughter cover up with a "demure white sweater" from a church lost-and-found at a wedding, which is immediately followed by the admission: "In candor, I have been a dirty old man ever since I was a very young man. Except, that is, when it comes to my daughters (and other young women that I care deeply about)."
2. It is not about you. That goes double when you are appearing in front of a jury.
3. Think about the female law clerks. If they are likely to label you, like Jane Curtin, an ignorant slut behind your back, tone it down.
Welp. That about sums it up. Women you care about have bodies that are yours to police. And women you don't care about have bodies that are yours to ogle.
And this jackass is a federal judge.
He's right about one thing: Women can't win.
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