The Ladies Able Golf Association (LPGA) has been accused of “slut-shaming” changeable players afterwards introducing a new dress cipher that forbids coast necklines, leggings or absolute skirts on the course.
Reactions to the move by golf’s administering anatomy accept been overwhelmingly adjoin it, with Teen Vogue, the affecting adolescence magazine, adage the dress cipher had set women “way back”.
In an email beatific about by LPGA amateur admiral Vicki Goetze-Ackerman on July 2, players were warned that they would face a accomplished of $1000 if they breached the new dress cipher which comes into activity on July 17.
The account of items now banned on from the advance and at pro-am parties on the bout were listed in the email as follows:
After the aboriginal transgression, the accomplished will be angled afterwards anniversary consecutive breach, arch to Teen Vogue, accusing the LPGA of “slut-shaming”.
Explaining the new code, Heather Daly-Donofrio, the LPGA tour’s communications and bout operations officer, told Golf Digest: “The dress cipher requires players to present themselves in a able abode to reflect a absolute angel for the game.”
“While we about appraise our behavior at the end of the year, based on ascribe from our players, we afresh fabricated some accessory adjustments to the action to abode some alteration appearance trends. The specifics of the action accept been aggregate anon with the members.”
