Should male passenger dressed in women’s lingerie be allowed to fly?

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Boncrek said:
Not not really. I'd be expecting them to cover up/ wear the appropriate clothes. Man or Woman.
My belief is that this is a symptom of an even bigger problem of Gender Identity and loss of cohesiveness as a society.
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Yes, but your opinion in this matter does not count because you use words like 'cohesiveness' and actually know what it means.
 
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Ian-T said:
1st... so what if the airlines is a privately owned business...it has a ton of gov. regulations that we must adhere to.
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That goes without saying, but my point had nothing to do with the heavy government involvement in air travel. Government regulations for air carriers do not address dress code except in instances where there is an obvious safety violation (say, if you were wearing a suit made of Swiss army knives). My point was that there are intriguing implications to the permitting board of a customer dressed like this - internal (the company) and external (the public). It sounds like this guy has done this before, and he may have done it on other air carriers, but the inevitable broadcast of this controversy dictates that U.S. Airways probably assessed all possible outcomes before allowing him to board. At least, that is my guess.

Every little thing in air travel is a sensitive issue nowadays. Enter a taboo-dressed customer, and a stiff-neck airline under relentless government scrutiny might take advantage of an opportunity for a good laugh and lightened spirits. Or, the airline was scared to death of public backlash had they not allowed him to board.



As to your second comment about baggy jeans - I could not agree more. For every cross-dressing traveler with comical intent, there are ten thousand dudes who simply don't understand how to wear clothing made for their sex.
 
Cross dresser? OK, I can see the humor... exhibitionist cross dresser? Wow... have we gotten that PC? It's a little bit of an FU to any sensitive passengers.

I'd rather not see an individual that wants to so boldly challenge society's acceptance of him on a commercial flight... A tasteful dress or skirt and heals? Sure... but this outfit is too much skin... for a commercial airline... for a man or woman.

If a saw a woman get onto a flight dressed like that I'd wonder if she had some issues.
 
MattinSTL said:
Cross dresser? OK, I can see the humor... exhibitionist cross dresser? Wow... have we gotten that PC? It's a little bit of an FU to any sensitive passengers.

I'd rather not see an individual that wants to so boldly challenge society's acceptance of him on a commercial flight... A tasteful dress or skirt and heals? Sure... but that's really too much skin... for a commercial airline... for a man or woman.

Let me put it this way... don't go laughing at some clown with a mullet dressed like a fool in Walmart... and then somehow decide that THIS guy is the one upholding all of our rights. Neither person is doing this for your rights... and they both look ridiculous.
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I'm in no way supporting what this guy is doing. It's infantile and, as you put it, exhibitionist.

I'm less interested in the guy's motives and more interested in his impact on the view of the airline and the air travel industry. Little things like this stir big storms in air travel.
 
I wouldn't care if he sat beside me on the plane. It would give me a fun anecdote from the trip.

But here's a question: Would you let him sit next to your kids?
 
Jawa Ex Machina said:
I wouldn't care if he sat beside me on the plane. It would give me a fun anecdote from the trip.

But here's a question: Would you let him sit next to your kids?
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Ditto... and good question.

I have no problem with this guy... or how he's dressed... but he's obviously wanting to get a rise out of some people (pun intended)... and I don't think we should encourage people who want to get on a plane with the intention of getting under other people's skin (pun intended again).

Seriously... even normal attire cross-dressing could be debatable (to some, I'm not debating that)... but it's a passive-aggressive statement against society... which again... I don't mind... just not on a plane.

(insert modified Samuel Jackson quote here)
 
Jawa Ex Machina said:
Would you let him sit next to your kids?
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Are you insinuating that he's a pedophile, or just that it would be embarrassing to the parent personally if they had to answer their kid's question as to why he was dressed like he was?

Frankly, I couldn't care less about how embarrassed a parent might be regarding something their kid might ask about.
 
Gary Huff said:
Are you insinuating that he's a pedophile, or just that it would be embarrassing to the parent personally if they had to answer their kid's question as to why he was dressed like he was?

Frankly, I couldn't care less about how embarrassed a parent might be regarding something their kid might ask about.
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I'm not insinuating anything, it's an honest question.

If your kids ended up sitting next to this guy, what would you do?
 
Gary, I don't think anyone is insinuating anything here. But people are human. With that comes concerns. Would you allow your kids to sit next to just anyone? What if it was a tatted up guy? (Not saying they are suspect) What about someone pierced head to toe? What if he was in a full clown outfit? Or a animal costume.

It's about exposure to individuals you have not explained to your kids the reasons they do things considered "outside the norm". Being concerned about that is normal, why force/expose an issue they are not ready for?

We are adults and understand people do things that make them comfortable, but when do you explain that reasoning to your children? Most of the little kids I know would be happy running around in public without a stitch on (freakin' nudists), so discussing "comfort with one's self" could get really tricky.
 
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Doc Bernard said:
It's about exposure to individuals you have not explained to your kids the reasons they do things considered "outside the norm". Being concerned about that is normal, why force/expose an issue they are not ready for?
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Well that, but also the fact that we have more predjudice than we sometimes realize until we're actually confronted by them.
 
Gary Huff said:
What does that mean?
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It simply means that when most people take a flight, they don't pose for random pictures unless they want and intend to be an "attraction".
If he was "just being himself" he'd be sitting bored beyond belief like everyone else waiting to board his flight.

This guy knew exactly what he was doing.
 
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