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Glass staircase not dress friendly
For years, women across America have dealt with glass ceilings. But now, women in Ohio have a new problem - glass floors.
A $105 million courthouse opened in Franklin County, Ohio, on Monday, but the builders seemed to have forgotten one thing - the bottom of the stairs, reports affiliate 10TV. The staircase is made of glass.
Dress wearers need to avoid taking the stairs, according to Franklin County Judge Julie Lynch, who wears dresses under her robes almost every day.
"I wear dresses because that's my personal choice," Lynch told 10TV. "When you stand under the stairwell, you can see right up through them.”
She speculates that men, who didn’t take half the population into account, designed the stairs.
Attorney Lori Johnson was startled by the transparent stairs. She worries not only about stares, but also how many cell phones have cameras attached.
“The next thing you know, you’re on the internet,” Johnson said, according to 10TV. “It sounds like a lawsuit in the making.”
While security guards warn women about taking the stairs, it seems most are just hoping people will be mature about the situation.
"They hope people will be mature? That's not a solution," Lynch said to 10TV. "If we had mature people that didn't violate the law, we wouldn't have this building."
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For starters who would want to look up the dress of some hag in Ohio, particularly that loud-mouthed judge? Beyond that the solution is soooo simple, just attach a strip of opague plexiglass to each riser. Duh. That's the problem with the world nowadays, no creative thinking, none.
So much for being mature.
yummy, yummmy i could sit here all day myself!! this is kool.
This takes transparency to a whole new level.
How? This is nothing new, There are stairs with open risers all over the world. If it were the treads that were glass, then it would be a completely different story and they would have a right to be mad.
Here in Ohio the governer is trying to take money from teachers, cops and fireman...yet they need a 100+ million dollar court house to try criminals? Another example of gov't waste!!
I thought I was the only one who caught that!
THERE IS AN ELEVATOR. Quit whining and use it.
Who cares who sees your underwear anyhow? Good Lord, everyone thinks their underpants are so freaking *special* that we all must be dying for a peek. We sure are an uptight country.
People who are dressed up for a court date should not be relegated to the elevators. How does that even occur to you as being okay? Though women aren't required to wear skirts in court, it is only women and transwomen that are affected by this, which makes in gender discrimination.
underware?
Cheap Solution: Rust-Oleum Frosted Glass spray in a can. 6 pack, about $21.00 at the big box stores.
Isn't there some golden rule in architectural design like: "Don't build glass or mirrored floors?" Can't believe someone actually signed off on this design.
This is such a non-story. Many easy solutions already posted. Self centered, pretentious women think everything is about them and how men are always trying to cop a peek. Grow up lady.
I, I, I, Me, Me,Me.... Half the Population picking on the poor pitiful
lesser half of the population! AW! BOO HOO HOO. Quit hangin it out, painting it, shaving it all, stuffing fake boobs, see through and low cut blouses, YOU WOULD DO ANYTHING TO HAVE US LOOK! IF YOU LOOKED NORMAL AND DRESSED PROPERLY COVERED YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO WORRY! TIME
FOR VIRGINITY CHECKS AND HABIB'S. JUST SHUT UP AND GROW UP! R.B.D.
So it's a starecase then. Woo.
Just another example of how some in positions of authority make stupid decisions. Someone designed it, someone else signed off on it.
Just frost that glass a little bit, it isn't hard.
The term Security Guard is pre-911, it is Security Officer now. Or at least that is what my badge says!!!
Doesn't matter what it says on your badge, you're still nothing but a rent-a-cop.
People in the states need to stop being so prude and grow up. Who hasn't seen a pair of panties before? If people were raised to be mature about nudity then this wouldnt be a problem.
I think the real problem is that the architecture is just plain ugly
Stop the silly whining. Just put in a little elevated rock display underneath the stairs, or if the whole building is glass try some plants.
It amazes me that architects get paid bazillions and fail. They design marbled lobbies that get slick when it rains, doors that are hard to open (and even worse if you're handicapped), and breezeways that are more breeze than ways.
You obviously don't know any architects if you think they get paid bazillions. I should add that the client is fully aware, has input, and signs off on every project.