Originally Posted By: Bingley
There are two ways about this, I suppose. (1) Be the "gray man." Disappear if you can. (2) Do what feels right to you as an individual, and be ready to fight prejudice and intolerance when they surface. This seems to me to be an individual choice. (1) denies yourself, and (2) may endanger yourself. But let me ask you, do you want the jerks in society to dictate what hairstyle you can wear?

The circumstances are different but the decision process is the same. Like any teenage girl, I was into fashion. So yes, we could say others dictated what I wore. However, being bit of a free spirit, I wore sandals. I would wear sandals which were most appropriate for the outfit I was wearing. However, there are situations in which sandals are not appropriate.

Other than being arrested by the fashion police, wearing sandals (when I should be wearing shoes) did not provoke an incident.

Jeanette Isabelle
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