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like it, they just have to "lump it", as my mother would have said.

I don't expect too many of them have people coming up and insulting them verbally for it. That would certainly be unacceptable. However, they may well find that people are inclined to shy away from them and they may pick up body language signs that they are viewed with distaste. That's life! It's human nature.

They may well have to accept it if employers are put off by it too. The fact is that employers do have a right to expect certain standards and conformity to normal and even superior dress code in certain jobs. That has always been the case. Again, standards are generally not as strict as they used to be in many areas anyway.

For instance, my husband works for the government and, whereas he always used to wear a tie, he hardly ever does now. Mostly he wears good trousers to work, but some Fridays he even wears jeans - and he says many others wear jeans a lot of the time. It would certainly be quite uncommon for men to wear a suit to work these days unless they are in a very important position.

Teachers too often wear jeans to work. Even nurses don't wear the traditional nurses' white dress any more. They may be required to wear some kind of uniform but it's much more casual than it used to be.

Standards of dress are generally much more easy-going than they used to be. Nevertheless, people will always receive some kind of appraisal or judgment on what they wear. It's human nature. So if you wear Goth garb and all that goes with it, just accept that the consequences are you will find a considerable number of people who judge you accordingly. As the old saying expresses such facts of life: "Them's the breaks!"

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