{"id":2513,"date":"2019-05-06T12:19:18","date_gmt":"2019-05-06T12:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/dressing-stylishly-and-being-a-successful-female-scientist-arent-mutually-exclusive\/"},"modified":"2025-04-04T11:30:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T11:30:25","slug":"dressing-stylishly-and-being-a-successful-female-scientist-arent-mutually-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/dressing-stylishly-and-being-a-successful-female-scientist-arent-mutually-exclusive","title":{"rendered":"Dressing stylishly, and being a successful female scientist aren’t mutually exclusive"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I was a little girl I apparently wore dresses; there are pictures in the photo album to prove it. As I got older I ditched the dresses and it was mostly about comfort. I hate nylon pantyhose and tights passionately, and in the late 70\u2019s\/early 80\u2019s the fashion rules of the day dictated that bare legs with dresses or skirts were a fashion faux pas. Maybe it\u2019s because I\u2019ve only worn cheap versions of these monstrosities, but the itching and pulling is enough to drive me insane. Once, in the lab, I cut up a pair of pantyhose to serve as a makeshift filtration device; it was immensely satisfying! From that point on I was firmly in the pants camp. Pants are also considerably warmer and you don\u2019t need to worry about accidently flashing people when you wear them (take note\u00a0Britney Spears). You can easily run wild throughout the neighbourhood catching crayfish, tadpoles, and avoiding snapping turtles while wearing pants. The only times that I wear a dress or a skirt these days are at weddings or fancy dinners. From this perspective, wearing pants was a personal choice. Since starting my scientific career, it\u2019s also been a practical and necessary one.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

When I first started working in a lab, it didn\u2019t make sense to wear skirts or dresses (or shorts for that matter) from a health and safety perspective. All of the labs that I\u2019ve worked in have required the use of personal protective gear including a lab coat. That lab coat is there to protect you, but it can only do so much. If you have bare legs exposed underneath your lab coat due to wearing a dress, skirt or shorts, you are placing yourself at risk. Don\u2019t think that it can happen to you? I have a co-worker who used to think that way until she accidentally spilled phenol on herself in the lab. Many of the experiments that I do are messy and it doesn\u2019t make financial sense to destroy \u201cnice\u201d clothes if it can be avoided. The same goes for shoes. We aren\u2019t allowed to wear open-toed shoes or sandals in the lab for the same reason. When running around doing experiments, I\u2019ll go with a pair of sneakers or loafers every time. This is also a keen survival strategy for when the zombie apocalypse occurs and making a speedy get-away will be important. That being said, I\u2019m sure that\u00a0Dr. Isis\u00a0will hold her own regardless of what fabulous shoes she happens to be wearing that day!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In addition to the practical reasons that inform my clothing choices, there are larger societal and cultural factors that influence my professional wardrobe. I was reminded about this topic by\u00a0today\u2019s post\u00a0<\/a>on Tenure, She Wrote<\/i>. And here we get to the sticky point; the double standard when it comes to how female and male scientists dress for work and how they are perceived based on what they are wearing. It\u2019s a tricky tight rope to walk and, for me personally, takes up way too much of my mental energy most mornings as I decide what to wear to work. Judging by previous blog posts on the topic, I\u2019m not alone. A quick Google search on the topic turned up a pretty amusing article from 1998 on the\u00a0ScienceCareers website\u00a0<\/a>about a graduate student looking for a professional outfit. More recently, the topic has been covered by a\u00a0superb post\u00a0<\/a>by My Laser Boyfriend<\/i> which outlines some great fashion options that are realistic and tasteful. Neurotic Physiology<\/i> also had a\u00a0good post\u00a0<\/a>about the double standards of dressing for men and women and how to deal with long hair in the lab. The Singular Scientist<\/i> discusses\u00a0how female scientists are portrayed on TV and in film<\/a> and difficult conversations that she\u2019s had to have with trainees about\u00a0inappropriate clothing choices<\/a>. A more academic analysis of this double standard can be found in this Tenure, She Wrote<\/i>\u00a0post<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

It would be great to live in a world where your fashion choices didn\u2019t influence what people think about your competence or abilities as a scientist, but as some of the posts above can attest, we do not live in that world. At each stage of my career I have made a conscious effort to dress more professionally based on the adage to \u201cdress for the job you want\u201d and I feel that so far it has served me well. I\u2019m at the point in my career where I\u2019m feeling comfortable and secure enough in my position that I can start to make some bolder fashion choices. Up until now, my professional clothing choices have been very conservative. This past year I made the revolutionary decision to add scarves into my outfit rotations! With that in mind, here are some links to websites that I\u2019ve found useful for getting some ideas about what components are useful to have in a professional wardrobe:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

1)\u00a0Corporette<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

2)\u00a0Capitol Hill Style<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

3)\u00a0Franish<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

4)\u00a0Does my bum look 40 in this?<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Some people may think that having an interest in fashion, dressing stylishly, and being a successful female scientist are mutually exclusive. They are not. I count as role models, several strong women who are excellent scientists as well as very snazzy dressers. There may be hope for me yet\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Dr. Allison McDonald (<\/i>@AEMcDonaldWLU<\/i><\/a>) is an\u00a0Associate Professor in the Department of Biology at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. This story was published on February 19, 2015, on Dr. McDonald\u2019s blog,\u00a0<\/i>Doctor AI<\/i><\/a>\u00a0(available\u00a0<\/i>here<\/i><\/a>) and has been republished here with her permission.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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