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Abstract Two o’clock on Friday afternoon: I am scheduled to work the bar tonight. My shift begins at 3:30, but there is plenty to do before then. I pick out my work clothes: a short denim skirt, sleeveless blouse, sneakers and socks. Or should I find a long skirt to wear, maybe? I know tonight will be busy, and a longer, fuller skirt will be easier to move around in. I look into my closet once again and see only blue jeans. Perry, the bar owner, has forbidden us to wear jeans at the bar, insisting that if we must wear pants, they should be “dress pants.”But the boss’s dress code is less rigid than his gender code: for jobs tending bar, he hires only “girls.”

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