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It has been a long time since I’ve read a piece that infuriated me as much as Many Concerned Sophomore Girls’ letter to the editor.
I don’t own a single pair of cargo shorts nor do I wear gym clothing around campus. I like shopping at Hugo Boss, and own a different pair of Sevens for every day of the week – yet, I still find the opinions of these sophomoric authors appalling.
Their implied assertion that Oxy men would be let down “if their fellow female classmates paraded around in flip-fops with socks, sweatpants, corduroy jumpers, and overalls” is laughable. If you weren’t so concerned about how your new outfit looks, you’d realize that an overwhelming majority of Oxy women do choose to dress that way.
What’s more, props to them! They should be congratulated for refusing to partake in their own sexual objectification, for insisting that Oxy men value their intellectual capabilities in the classroom over their attire, and for doing something better with their mornings than spending three hours putting on cosmetics.
So really, if your plea for less laid-back attire comes in the form of reminding Oxy men that “No one’s gotten a hand job in cargo shorts since ‘Nam,” may I be the first to encourage you to find greater meaning in life than increasing the size of your hook-up pool.
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