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´Makeup Makes You More Attractive´
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Fashion Advice at the DIA:
´Makeup Makes You More Attractive´

U.S. News & World Report, by Brooke Berger

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Posted By:PageTurner, 2/1/2013 4:31:09 PM

A week after women were cleared to serve in combat, Defense Intelligence Agency employees got a different message. "Makeup makes you more attractive." "Don´t be a plain Jane." "A sweater with a skirt is better than a sweater with slacks." "No flats." "Paint your nails." "Don´t be afraid of color." And, "brunettes have more leeway with vibrant colors than blondes or redheads." Men and women at DIA were given fashion advice in a presentation prepared by an employee at the agency this week. Susan Strednansky, public affairs officer at DIA, offered the agency´s regrets about the briefing,

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They´re the government and they´re here to help and you´re paying for this.

  

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Reply 1 - Posted by: JAN, 2/1/2013 4:49:03 PM     (No. 9152931)

Never mind worrying about bomb attacks on our embassies.


Reply 2 - Posted by: Cat Ballou, 2/1/2013 4:56:06 PM     (No. 9152939)

Could someone please send a copy of this to Hillary?


   

 

  


 
Reply 3 - Posted by: KTWO, 2/1/2013 4:57:24 PM     (No. 9152943)

Things they missed: Get breast implants too. And some cosmetic surgery down there. Wax.

Act now! We havve to save the Republic.


Reply 4 - Posted by: tocsin, 2/1/2013 5:00:11 PM     (No. 9152948)

DIA!?-was this a secret?


Reply 5 - Posted by: BigGeorgeTX, 2/1/2013 5:10:22 PM     (No. 9152965)

#2 beat me to it.


Reply 6 - Posted by: William1, 2/1/2013 5:12:20 PM     (No. 9152967)

Was this directed at females? males? Oh, what with gays and women in combat, I guess "what difference does it make".

The ladies in combat may take heed of this DIA program. Hey, even if you´re weak or inept, you can still look great while doing it!


Reply 7 - Posted by: novakid, 2/1/2013 5:13:55 PM     (No. 9152971)

Wow, makes me happy to pay my taxes when I see to what good use the money is put.


   

 

  


 
Reply 8 - Posted by: Cavallodifiero, 2/1/2013 5:15:10 PM     (No. 9152974)

Who was that twit in congress that got all out of joint because someone said that Miss Tennessee was pretty?

Is the Obama Administration making war on the (dare I say it) women who work within that rat hole of contradictions?


Reply 9 - Posted by: thelmalou, 2/1/2013 5:20:41 PM     (No. 9152983)

Meh. It was an informal thing put together by some employees and apparently not mandatory. Sort of a dress for success at work kind of thing. Much ado about nothing.


Reply 10 - Posted by: 4Justice, 2/1/2013 5:26:40 PM     (No. 9152999)

Agreed #9. Though it does sound like something from long ago....


Reply 11 - Posted by: CEP, 2/1/2013 5:57:07 PM     (No. 9153057)

Agree with #2, for Hillary it should have been mandatory.


Reply 12 - Posted by: capt scurvey, 2/1/2013 5:59:27 PM     (No. 9153061)

Was this advice directed at the male staff members or the females?


   

 



 
Reply 13 - Posted by: udanja99, 2/1/2013 6:29:45 PM     (No. 9153099)

This is going to tick off a lot of those lesbians who want to go into combat.


Reply 14 - Posted by: JDP, 2/1/2013 6:59:05 PM     (No. 9153126)

I work for DIA, and I am very familiar with this incident, as it caused quite a commotion. It was totally blown out of proportion. The brief was based on a dress-for-success theme. There was a portion for men and a portion for woman. Admittedly, some of it was poorly done, and a few suggestions could have been better stated. The brief suggest men and women be conservative in their dress, including hair style and color. The brief did say makeup can make women attractive, but it also warned against too much makeup. For men, it suggested they consider their body type when selecting their clothing. In all, the brief was talking about impressions, which undoubtedly can affect how individuals are received and treated, which in the long run can affect careers. The brief should have been taken with a grain of salt and the attitude if-the-shoe-fits.... Instead, in our politically-correct world where no one can anything, including giving common-sense advice, people are loaded and cocked to pounce on anything they deem offense. My attitude -- let them learn the hard way


Reply 15 - Posted by: Tianne, 2/1/2013 8:29:44 PM     (No. 9153224)

#14, thank you for your excellent and clarifying post.

It is a bit astounding and worrisome that Defense Intelligence Agency director Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn stated in a letter to employees re the incident that, "They´ll require some counseling (to be sure)....". Someone is going to have endure ´counseling´ because they said that makeup makes one more attractive? Good grief!! As poster #7 noted, how nice to see our taxpayer money at work.


Reply 16 - Posted by: ColonialAmerican1623, 2/1/2013 8:54:48 PM     (No. 9153260)

This happened recently at another work place. The real problem today is having to tell employees how to dress professionally.

As a business person, the work attire changed with the influx of Latino workers.


Reply 17 - Posted by: oldvlc, 2/1/2013 9:06:47 PM     (No. 9153276)

We want our women infantry to look pretty in the body bags. And when our spais are caught they need to be ready for a night out on the town with their captors.


   

 

  


 
Reply 18 - Posted by: Aunt Agnes, 2/1/2013 9:20:18 PM     (No. 9153295)

Well I don´t know, but I was recently in a Sears store & the girl clerk who was helping me, had BLACK tattoos up & down both of her skinny arms. She was wearing a short sleeved suit top paired with what appeared to be knickers & black spike-heeled boots. She was however, wearing make-up & lipstick. I guess it´s the new chic!


Reply 19 - Posted by: mominNoCA, 2/1/2013 9:27:57 PM     (No. 9153299)

Why would women want to be attractive to homicidal, smelly Jihadists?


Reply 20 - Posted by: Trigger2, 2/2/2013 4:16:31 AM     (No. 9153602)

The DIA has too much money if they can pay for this BS.



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