America’s sexist obsession with what women politicians wear, explained
Ever since women started holding political office, American men have been fixated on their clothes.
When she was in the Senate, Carol Moseley Braun got used to having her clothing scrutinized.
She remembers one incident in particular, she told Vox. “Women’s Wear Daily had me on its cover — actually a picture of my butt,” she said, “and it said, ‘this is what a Chanel sweater set should not look like.’”
Ever since women started holding political office, American men have been fixated on their clothes.
When she was in the Senate, Carol Moseley Braun got used to having her clothing scrutinized.
She remembers one incident in particular, she told Vox. “Women’s Wear Daily had me on its cover — actually a picture of my butt,” she said, “and it said, ‘this is what a Chanel sweater set should not look like.’”