What Do You Think?

You may have seen the news story today in which a young woman was asked to get off a Southwest Airlines flight because her skirt was too short.  You can watch the story here (watch it, and then come back so we can discuss).

Y'all, that is a SHORT skirt.  I'm pretty sure I've worn band-aids bigger than that.

I think it's such an interesting story I thought I'd throw it out to see what you all thought.  Honestly?  My first inclination is to applaud Southwest Airlines.  As the mother of sons, I'm really sick of overly-revealing outfits being paraded in front of my boys.  It feels like an invasion of my authority as a parent, frankly, for women to flaunt their, um, assets in front of my kids, when I'm working so hard to teach them the value of modesty.

I know, I know, freedom of expression and all that.  Of course, it's her consititutional right to wear what she wants.  But no one was arresting her, and no one was stripping her (no pun intended) of any civil rights.  They were simply saying, "this is our business, and we're entitled to enforce certain standards." 

I thought it was especially notable when she said that no one had ever complained about her outfits before.  Gee, I wonder why.  Maybe because they were afraid she'd sue and complain to the media, EXACTLY LIKE SHE'S DOING NOW?

It's an interesting question.  Y'all watch it, and weigh in.

*Edited to add:  Very interesting discussion going on in the comments section.

*Edited again to add:  I have looked for an e-mail address where I could write Southwest Airlines and express my support (if you have found one, please leave it in the comments section).  All I could find was this snail mail address:

Southwest Airlines
P.O. Box 36647 - 1 CR
Dallas, TX  75235 - 1647

Consider writing to them and expressing your thoughts on the subject.  It's a good thing when consumers make their voices heard!

*Last edit, seriously:  Thanks for a hearty discussion, y'all.  I've closed comments (not for any snarky reasons--the explanation is here.)