I would like to start off by saying that I’m your local raging liberal feminist hippie that does, in fact, hate everything about president Donald Trump. I hate The Wall, his cabinet, his face, his spray tan, etc.

Notwithstanding, the controversy surrounding his request for the females amongst his White House staff to “dress like a woman” is blown far out of proportion.

A trending hashtag, #DressLikeAWoman, was a result of his statement. This hashtag has received an unbelievable amount of feedback. Women of all occupations — from doctors to soldiers to astronauts — began posting pictures of themselves in their uniforms accompanied by the aforementioned hashtag.

However, dress code is nothing new. We have one here at school, and I’m sure almost all of you have uniforms that you have to wear to your job. Yes, it restricts choices/personal expression, but it’s put in place for a reason, and people do have the right to ask that people don’t dress inappropriately or idiotically in their business or in a setting that is supposed to be for learning. Trump may be a misogynistic piece of trash that is unfit to rule our country, but he is running a business and he has the right to ask that his employees dress a certain way.

Several articles that I’ve read about the situation from sources like The Guardian also claim that there are statements from White House faculty members saying that they feel as though they have to wear dresses and skirts to work. None of these sources have actual attributions, which makes me doubt the credibility behind them. If those statements have been truthfully made, there are a few options for the Women of the White House: wear the dress and be fine, wear pantsuits — because those are still considered women’s clothing — and finally, just don’t work there.

I also think that there is more going on behind the scenes. I think Trump is legitimately too ignorant to understand that what he’s saying is wrong. I also think that the way he was raised has something to do with it. Once certain ideals are ingrained in your brain, it’s hard to reverse them. He’s certainly not doing anything to try to fix his behavior, but I don’t think it’s something that he has much control over.

Moreover, I don’t think this would have been as big of an issue if it wasn’t Trump saying it. He’s already a target for so much hatred among the American people. We are at a point that we will find any reason to hate him, legitimate or not.

I’m not saying that women just need to give in and continue to feel sexualized, because I certainly don’t want that. But I do think we need to look at this situation objectively. Is the situation fundamentally wrong? Yes. Can you actually do anything about it? Probably not. Are there loopholes to the statement? Yes.

We can’t fix everything wrong with this presidency, and there are more important things to worry about than a stupid dress code that only impacts the people who choose to work for Trump.