Results: Employee Sent Home After Shorts From Her Own Store Deemed 'Too Revealing'

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A former JC Penney employee has taken to Twitter to illustrate just how hypocritical dress codes for women can be. "Boss sent me home for wearing 'too revealing' shorts that I bought from the store I work at in the career section," Sylva Stoel tweeted on Friday. Do you find these shorts to be too revealing?
Yes
18%
248 votes
No
71%
996 votes
Undecided
12%
165 votes
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"I told [my manager] that I thought it was unfair to send me home due to the fact that I had purchased the shorts from JC Penney's own career section, but he insisted that I go home and change anyways." Stoel, 17, told The Huffington Post in an email. During her job orientation, her manager had never mentioned shorts, but had said denim, T-shirts and spaghetti straps were prohibited, and skirts could not be "too short." Do you think her boss made the right decision by sending her home?
Yes
25%
357 votes
No
53%
741 votes
Undecided
22%
311 votes
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She said she quit the job, and is glad her experience is starting conversations about how women are treated in the workplace. "Unfair dress codes affect millions of women, and it's time to speak out against them," she said. A JCPenney spokesperson said the company does not comment on personnel matters. HuffPost was unable to reach a representative at the store where Stoel worked. Do you think JC Penney will receive backlash for how this employee was treated?
Yes
45%
635 votes
No
29%
403 votes
Undecided
26%
371 votes

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