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Lab attire conflicting with parents belief
I recently got accepted into a university and will be transferring from a community college to a university in the fall. My mom checked my syllabus and they are very strict about attire for my lab. I have to take chemistry 2 and it’s required for my major. They said that no skin whatsoever can be showing and we must wear long pants and leggings won’t work. Thing is, for my religion we wear skirts. I was thinking about wearing something under my skirt, but I don’t know what would be most appropriate. I wear leggings in the house and don’t own a pair of pants so I would have to go shopping. For anyone who’s taken these kinds of labs, would they be ok with that? Is it just necessary to have long clothing or would pants be necessary? I’m just wondering how to work around this. Thanks!
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I'll make it real short. When working certain jobs, there are requirements on dress code if there are safety concerns. There are men with jobs where wearing anything that could conduct electricity can't be worn so they can't wear their wedding rings. There are jobs where loose clothing such as flowing skirts or long bell sleeves could get caught on something or knock something over. It is not a religious thing or anti whatever race but a safety issue. The same goes for school. And you must think ahead, that not only will pants be required while working and learning in the lab but when you graduate and try to find work, I highly doubt there is any lab that will allow skirts to be worn. So you and the school and future employers are going to be at a Stale-mate, which means that there is no way that you can get what you want and they can't do it for insurance purposes. If you were injured in school or on the job because you were not wearing the dress code for safety, the school or company would be liable and the insurance may not cover it because the school allowed you to break the safety dress code and the school would be responsible to pay out of pocket and you would surely be asked to leave and with that in the background, no one would ever consider hiring you. Either find a profession where you can wear skirts and change what you are studying for in school, This is your life, regardless of parents beliefs. I understand it may be more modesty related but I see plenty of women in jobs who are from countries where modesty in dressing theirself is what they want to do but to get employed depending on the job position, have chosen to wear the must have code of dress. You are not being asked to show any skin. Chose pants that are loose enough so they do not hug your backside tightly. You might ask the school if you can wear some kind of head covering, although if I think about it, the hijab or whatever you wear, shouldn't have loose ends that could drape into a beaker or speciman tray. Perhaps if loose ends are safety pinned onto your shirt. Many I have seen wearing hijabs but otherwise, the dress code of the company. So you either accept that your chosen profession will require a dress code or change the profession you are going after and make sure that it is not a another job that will require a dress code for safety reasons.
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