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The most common question from young women engineers? What to wear

Former Community Member
Former Community Member
Guest columnist Dianne Chong writes that the most common question she hears from young women engineers is “What should I wear?”



''When a woman engineer asks what she should wear at work, She’s actually asking: “How do I fit in at my office, where everyone else is a man?” The fact that women are still asking these questions exposes a deep sense of not belonging.''



How many of you feel that this is the case?



This is not something that I had considered as being a potential issue.  Having said that, I am not an engineer.



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  • Former Community Member
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    When I started my first job I asked the recruiter what I should wear on my first day as I'd never worked in an office before just a kitchen!



    I wanted to fit in and make a good impression to the people I would meet on my first day and as someone who is usually quite scruffy and dressed from an alternative subculture I wasn't quite sure what I should be wearing in the office. 



    Men do have it easy though, they just need to wear a shirt and tie and trousers, but for women there is so much choice it can be quite daunting when you have to buy a whole new selection of clothes for your first job.