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A woman who worked in the agency parking support department at a department store in Gyeonggi-do had her job all day long, carrying luggage and bowing her head, but she was always worried about her clothes, so it was difficult to concentrate on her work. Working similarly with male employees, but for female employees, the rule was to wear a skirt and shoes provided by the company. I asked the company to receive uniform pants, but the pants that Mr. A received had no pockets or belt loops, unlike male employees’ clothes. I put clothespins on my waist to tighten the loose pants dance, but there were many times when I had to work by holding my pants off from time to time. Until the end, sneakers were not approved by the company. Attorney Park Ji-young, who belongs to’Angry People’, a legal platform for realizing the rights of the socially underprivileged, filed a complaint with the National Human Rights Commission (HRC) on behalf of A on the 18th. In the department store, there is no reasonable reason for female employees to choose their appearance and clothes, and they are discriminating against male employees. In an interview with attorney on the 23rd, Park explained, “After encountering this case, I was planning a Korean version of the’Guo Fighting Movement’ with’Angry People’.” The’Guo Fighting Movement’ is a movement that took place in Japan last year, which is a combination of oral’gutsu’, painful’gutsu’ and’MeToo’. Actress and writer Yumi Ishikawa posted a post on Twitter asking for the creation of a “high heel ban” in the workplace, and three days later, about 20,000 people signed a petition to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, spreading it as a campaign to accuse the discriminatory dress code against women. Most of the informants of the Korean version of the’Guo Fighting Movement’ were service workers in their 20s or early 30s. At work, they had fine control over their hair style, makeup, and clothing. ‘Lipstick is bright red’,’nails are an apricot color that doesn’t pop out more than customers’,’Hair is put on the net’,’skirt instead of pants’,’skirt length is short, shoes are high’. . There are also many examples of health effects. One informant said, “I have to work on the monitor all day, so I can’t wear my glasses.” There were also complaints that the weight of the hair net would put a strain on the neck muscles in the case of thick hair. One informant said, “In summer, only female employees wear tight-fitting jeans. In winter, male employees are allowed to wear long padding, and female employees are allowed only short padding with waistline, so it gets cold.” The informants complained that “the manager’s response is also a problem when the clothing restrictions are denied.” When looking at the information, there were some places that gave sexist insults, asking, “Would you like to become a woman and don’t even wear makeup?”

Park Ji-young attorney. Attorney Park’s YouTube channel’Attorney JYP’

Mr. B, who was looking for a job at a beauty salon, was eliminated from the interview because he refused the skirt. Mr. B said, “After talking about’I will not wear a skirt’, the atmosphere became cold. The person who was interviewing said that it would be difficult. I usually wear pants that are easy to do, but I think it is sexism to force a skirt only on female employees.” However, it was not easy to find a job in the industry after rejecting the skirt. B thought that he would have no choice but to compromise with reality, so he decided to wear a skirt and got a job at another hair salon. He said, “At such a place, we provided a short skirt with underpants as a uniform. The underpants were much shorter than the short skirt, but they were mana. Then, at the beauty salon, if you lean over, you can see your underwear, so I ordered you to wear one more underpants in the skirt.” This dressing restriction sometimes makes viewers feel burdened. Mr. C said he was embarrassed after going to a hospital in Songpa-gu, Seoul. Mr. C said, “All the hospital staff were wearing tight jackets and skirts, high-heeled shoes, and transparent stockings, and they looked frustrated. One employee said, “They had blue bruises all over their legs, but they were transparent stockings.” “There were similar regulations in the restaurant where I worked a few years ago, but it was bitter as it seems that the excessive clothing regulations for women are not changing. Attorney Park said, “The reason for refusal from the company when Mr. A asked us to allow sneakers was that’the agency parking staff and the department store lounge staff have the same dress code, so we cannot allow sneakers only on one side.’ This means that if a change starts on one side, it can change on the other.” “It is an activity to change the dress discrimination that women receive, but in the end, this direction can make men free,” he stressed. Although very few, there have been reports from men that the company restricts dyeing to male employees, unlike female employees. Attorney Park said, “We are planning an additional complaint to the Human Rights Commission for all workers who are discriminated against by their attire.”

By Lee Ju-bin, staff reporter [email protected]