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Southwest Calls Woman Out for Cleavage: Was the Airline Justified?

SodaHead News 2012/06/20 13:00:00
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Airlines have a way of creeping into the news any time a passenger plays too much "Words With Friends" or allows his pants to sag a little too much. This week is no different. According to Jezebel, a woman was hassled on a 6 a.m. Southwest flight from Las Vegas to New York a few weeks ago because she was boasting too much boobage. You know... cleavage, baggage, breastage... She was showing too much of her twins. At least, that's what the airline said.

A woman going by the name Avital told Jezebel that she was told her outfit was "inappropriate" because it showed too much of her chest, but she didn't let that deter her. She boarded the plane anyway and, in her own words, "Lo and behold, the plane didn't fall out of the sky... My cleavage did not interfere with the plane's ability to function properly." Do you think Avital deserved to be called out by Southwest Airlines for having too much cleavage, or is her outfit perfectly acceptable?

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  • the_old_coach 2012/06/20 19:27:38 (edited)
    No
    the_old_coach
    +4
    What IS it, lately, in this country? Women's rights have somehow been moved back to the '60's. What's going on here?
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  • TasselLady the_old... 2012/06/20 21:27:23
    TasselLady
    +2
    I guess we're going to have to wear Victorian high neck collars in the future. Back to the prude era:
    Victorian high neck collar
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  • Gilead_Roland 2012/06/20 19:27:05
    No
    Gilead_Roland
    +8
    Seems pretty tame to me. Want offensive? Groping and harassing kids and old people at the security checkpoints while letting middle eastern people pass through to their gates unimpeded for the sake of political correctness. That's offensive.
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  • Beautiful_Syn 2012/06/20 19:22:26
    No
    Beautiful_Syn
    +3
    I could understand if her boobs were actually showing like a see through top or something, but given the picture that is show in this question the airline had no right to say anything to her! When will people finally get tired of all the drama from the airlines and from TSA?
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  • STEVE 2012/06/20 19:12:46
  • SirJim 2012/06/20 19:11:22
    No
    SirJim
    +2
    Hell No. Her titties weren't out for the world to see so what difference does it make
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  • Taxman 2012/06/20 19:10:18
    No
    Taxman
    +1
    In VEGAS!!! Cleavage Capital of the country!!! I guess the rule is "Show it when you get here & hide it when you leave".
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  • Reggie☮ 2012/06/20 19:08:15
    No
    Reggie☮
    +5
    The airlines are getting ridiculous. If it was J Lo and she was wearing the dress she wore to a show when she was dating P-Diddy would they have removed her from the plane????
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  • El Prez 2012/06/20 19:06:53
    No
    El Prez
    +2
    None of their business and seems perfectly within tasteful limits. If this really happened Southwest should clearly rethink their customer relations plan.
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  • jessica.belsky 2012/06/20 19:03:12
    No
    jessica.belsky
    +4
    If you dont like it, DONT LOOK. I wouldnt walk around looking like her...but to each his own. I also dont agree with some guy who got thrown of a flight cause he was sagging. If you ask me, the staff and patrons cause more of a commotion then the people they are offended by. Stop being so PETTY, AMERICA! If it were Europe, she could have been TOPLESS. smmfh
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  • phil 2012/06/20 18:58:01
    No
    phil
    Its not bad at all. Lower yes but there is ok
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  • Semper Fi 2012/06/20 18:57:35
    No
    Semper Fi
    +1
    Give us cleavage, or give us death!
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  • sue 2012/06/20 18:57:05
    No
    sue
    +1
    If she were to be meeting the queen maybe, but to board a plain,utterly stupid,its not as though she was distracting the pilots is it! and yes i was especting alot worse too.
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  • retrograve 2012/06/20 18:53:59 (edited)
    No
    retrograve
    +1
    Lol and her name had to be Jezebel of all things.
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  • wpsark_... retrograve 2012/06/20 19:49:13
    wpsark_BN_0
    jezebel wasn't her name, that's the name of the news outlet she told the story to.. Cleavage queen goes by the name "avital"...I'm thinking she's a vegas prostitute
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  • retrograve wpsark_... 2012/06/20 21:55:42
    retrograve
    Ah, I see, I read it to quickly, you are correct.
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  • kla <3 2012/06/20 18:52:26
    No
    kla <3
    +2
    its retarded
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  • SW kla <3 2012/06/22 21:19:07
    SW
    YES! Just the word I was looking for.
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  • John Hall 2012/06/20 18:50:02
    No
    John Hall
    +2
    i would want her sitting next to me so if the plane goes down im burying my head between them .
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  • Taxman John Hall 2012/06/20 19:11:19
    Taxman
    +1
    And can be used as a floatation device.
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  • John Hall Taxman 2012/06/21 00:51:42
    John Hall
    Thanks I'll remember that .
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  • kla <3 John Hall 2012/06/22 22:28:41
    kla <3
    hahaha that freakin hilarious!!!!
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  • J-DUB 2012/06/20 18:50:00
  • GaolBlaze 2012/06/20 18:33:57
    No
    GaolBlaze
    +1
    That is despicable.
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  • loudelk99 2012/06/20 18:33:40
    No
    loudelk99
    +2
    I have seen much more revealing outfits. The airline is wrong.
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  • Kat Thirt33n 2012/06/20 18:31:01
    No
    Kat Thirt33n
    +3
    Why is it always Southwest that gets mad at people? First Billie Joe for sagging his pants too much, now this for showing "too much" cleavage.
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  • Sheila 2012/06/20 18:29:50
    No
    Sheila
    +4
    I have seen faaaarrrrr worse at any given walmart.

    If they are going to have a dress code that is fine, but they need to publicise it and make sure people know. It is their airline and they should be able to do as they wish. As an employee of the airline there is no way I would hassle someone if there was no rule to back me. The employee was being rude in that case IMO.

    I remember when I was a child people dressed up to fly. Nice clothes. Now as with the rest of the "casual friday" way of life anything goes.
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  • mikeeonly Sheila 2012/06/21 03:22:25
    mikeeonly
    An airline doesn't rank up there with a formal affair. As long as you are clean and presentable due to the fact that you are sitting in the near proximity of a stranger, casual is fine.
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  • Sheila mikeeonly 2012/06/21 13:06:21
    Sheila
    Ok. It used to be if you went OUTSIDE you cared what you looked like. My Mom would not even take out the trash in her robe. (which I thought was funny) Now I see that dressing nicely promotes self respect as well as respect for others. IMO.

    Now casual is fine........
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  • mikeeonly Sheila 2012/06/21 18:23:20
    mikeeonly
    +1
    Thank you. I don't think some of these people ever leave their houses except to go to church. My mom was the same way, very proper. I guess we kind of tore those standards down through the hippie era.
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  • Sheila mikeeonly 2012/06/21 18:28:18
    Sheila
    I dont think it was to our credit. It has been detrimental from what I see.
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  • hagerthehorrible 2012/06/20 18:18:07
    No
    hagerthehorrible
    +4
    Unbelievable. Soon they will enforce a dress code. Did you know, a little cleavage can save a mans life. A study was done saying that looking at cleavage by as little a few minutes a day has the ability to relax a man and reduce stress. I didn't do the study, but I would not have minded being part of the group. Lol. There is nothing wrong with cleavage.
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  • Pete 2012/06/20 18:12:35 (edited)
    No
    Pete
    +3
    Sorry to say the woman in question doesn't have that large of a problem, but the ticket agent or TSA person probably was in wishful thinking about what "They" saw! And wanted!
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  • Rubyking 2012/06/20 18:10:12
    No
    Rubyking
    +2
    southwest retards, everyone knows that people who wear clothes are ugly, so showing more is a good thing
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  • wpsark_BN_0 2012/06/20 18:05:33
    Yes
    wpsark_BN_0
    +6
    yes, no..she still got to board the flight so I don't see the issue..It probably made TSA's job a little easier though...You can be stripped and molested before you board a plane but be damned if you show a little cleavage..
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  • sue wpsark_... 2012/06/20 18:59:12
    sue
    +2
    very fair point wpsark_BN_0
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  • rcardon 2012/06/20 18:04:05
    No
    rcardon
    +2
    While I don't agree with the outfit, I don't think the ticket agent was justified in telling the lady her outfit was inappropriate. That was the agent's personal opinion, and not any airline policy.
    I think the lady should complain to Southwest corporate and see if she can get a free upgrade, or something, on her next flight.
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  • BOOGIE-WOOGIE-MUSIC-MAN-ROC... 2012/06/20 18:01:51
    No
    BOOGIE-WOOGIE-MUSIC-MAN-ROCK-N-R
    +4
    Southwest has too many personal problems,. They need luggage racks mounted on top of the ship so they can lug around their own excess drama,
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  • santa6642 2012/06/20 18:00:38
    Yes
    santa6642
    She looks like a pig, look to feed something.or someone.-+
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  • Butterb... santa6642 2012/06/21 07:47:33 (edited)
    ButterbeerMe
    +1
    That's not very nice.
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