David Schreck doesn't want to see Christy Clark's cleavage in the legislature

by Stephen Hui on Oct 5, 2011 at 2:59 pm
Is Premier Christy Clark's "cleavage revealing attire" appropriate for the B.C. legislature? David Schreck says no.
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David Schreck
Oct 5, 2011 at 3:08 pm
I don't consider it to be getting into trouble to raise sensitive issues. It may be politically incorrect to discuss Premier Clark's attire, but no other woman shows cleavage in the legislature. You wouldn't advise a job seeker to dress like she was going out for the evening when she goes to work. Clark represents BC and should dress and behave like a professional.
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Mark Fornataro
Oct 5, 2011 at 3:23 pm
I don't think showing cleavage is distasteful; in fact when it comes to Christy Clark I will vote in favor of it; the more the hotter. It's her policies that I am generally not supportive of .ie on matters of real substance such as environmental matters; I'd rather see an Elizabeth May or David Suzuki in her place
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Gentleman Jack
Oct 5, 2011 at 4:07 pm
It is inappropriate.
The legislature is more like a Church than it is like a Whorehouse, in law if not in fact.
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Neil Edmondson
Oct 5, 2011 at 4:13 pm
David is merely echoing what a majority of women in Canadian workplaces have identified as a pet peeve: inappropriate attire. Women are nearly twice as likely as men to identify inappropriate attire as a peeve in a large (n=17,000) survey by LinkedIn:

'One thing in particular stood out: when it came to employees dressing inappropriately (too low-cut, etc) in the workplace, 62 percent of women said that this bothered them versus only 29 percent of men.'

http://thegrindstone.com/attire/study-women-are-more-bothered-by-inappro...

In light of this, Schreck's comments can't reasonably be considered sexist, unless one also considers a majority of working women to be sexist too. David is as fierce a partisan as I've ever seen and I don't believe for a second he'd make the same comments about an NDP MLA; nevertheless, he's on the side of women on this one.
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Rob Sommerfeldt
Oct 5, 2011 at 4:19 pm
Wow. Don't you have more pressing things to worry about? Concentrate on BC and our issues and less about fashion and we might get a few more things done. Wasting time on a non-issue only shows that you shouldn't have been elected to your position. If you don't have the will power to look into her eyes and not at her chest I have no respect for you.
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DavidH
Oct 5, 2011 at 4:19 pm
Twitter debates are as interesting as spitball fights.
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Arthur Vandelay
Oct 5, 2011 at 4:24 pm
Are we really supposed to judge the appropriateness of her attire without a picture? Is even the remotest amount of cleavage inappropriate for the legislature? Without supportive evidence, this seems like petty whining.
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santina
Oct 5, 2011 at 4:29 pm
David, I know it's difficult to accept the fact that women have some powerful god-given features that gives them political and economic advantages over men if they play their cards right. But just accept it and deal with it. Life isn't always fair.
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S. David Lalonde
Oct 5, 2011 at 4:32 pm
Apparently this is what Christy Clark looked like today in the provincial legislature. http://p.twimg.com/AbB0g79CIAARbja.jpg Looks entirely appropriate to me, Mr. David Schreck.
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Odd
Oct 5, 2011 at 4:33 pm
Christy knows that sex sells! We all know that sex sells! So she got out her big guns to sell for the BC Liberals. Nothing else was working.

She had a healthy portion of women's vote back in March. Clearly, now she is positioning herself for a portion of men's votes. However, it appears David Schreck still won't be voting for her.
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Caitlin Emard
Oct 5, 2011 at 5:19 pm
So what is your alternative? Who is it that gets to decide how much cleavage a grown woman is allowed to show? Will women be forced to pass a cleavage inspection every morning to insure they are up to standard?
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Christy Clark Fan
Oct 5, 2011 at 6:15 pm
I have heard from various women that the Premier was quite modest considering her giant natural endowments. This is disgusting to me.

Furthermore, David has made a hobby of provoking one Alise Mills, who is even more beautiful and much more stronger than Christy Clark.
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Hans Goldberg
Oct 5, 2011 at 6:34 pm
To quote an earlier scribe's thoughts "Much ado about nothing"
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Albert Giesbrecht
Oct 5, 2011 at 6:48 pm
I want to be the Official Cleavage Inspector!
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Laila Yuile
Oct 5, 2011 at 8:02 pm
For the vast majority of women who have worked in high level positions within a corporate environment, it has long been known that cleavage at work, in particular higher ranking positions, is a no-no. That is nothing new and it is not sexist in my opinion. No different from wearing a suit and tie for a man in a similar position. There is a generally accepted standard of dress in business, and always has been. While some women have pushed the fold, it doesnt usually help them in the end.

The same goes for journalists, reporters - no cleavage. I can't believe the attacks on David and I support his comment as acceptable. And you know why?

Do you see any other female politicians in the legislature showing cleavage? Hmmm.. no. Do you even see Rona Ambrose showing cleavage? Hmmm... no. Why is that? Oh yes, see above. And for those still having an issue with this, check out this link and the many more like it.

http://wellergize.ca/blog/2009-06-02-workplace_cleavage:_whats_the_limit...
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mccorca604
Oct 5, 2011 at 8:03 pm
If this is what Mr. Schrek considers cleavage, I would like to argue that Mr. Schrek's comment wasn't sexist because apparently he doesn't get out of the house enough to know what cleavage actually is?!

http://p.twimg.com/AbB0g79CIAARbja.jpg

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citizen
Oct 5, 2011 at 8:09 pm
Showing cleavage is not appropriate in a professional setting. During and evening out to dinner sure go ahead. In the BC Legislature it is inappropriate.
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Bodacious
Oct 5, 2011 at 8:18 pm
Schreck takes the booby prize for this. Twits will tweet.
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Ray I
Oct 5, 2011 at 10:41 pm
Schreck seems obsessed with our Premier's breasts. That would seem to be the inappropriate act, not the Premier's attire.
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Virgil Hammer
Oct 5, 2011 at 10:58 pm
what a maroon! SCHRECK go back under the covers with your sears catalog's and flashlight
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