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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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that's nothing...check out the stairs t the Apple store on Fifth Ave in New York City – http://www.uptomark.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/fifthavenue_gallery_image4.jpg – and they get tons of women in skirts!
You may brilliant architects, builders, etc. but they have no clue as to the average human being. The other half, females, for the most part, wear a dress. Now, there are many such as a non-mentionable New York Congressman who would stand underneath those stairs and observe and report. Yes we have a bunch of drolls living among us. So, how is it that a court house will have such an obvious problem? The issue is that were that building is located the male population has a HUGE EGO.
It's bushes' fault.
Ok, so up a professional sized skirt (past the knee), with no direct lighting, from a minimum of 12-15ft away (so as not to look obvious), how much is someone really going to see.......
Ohhhh no they saw a non descript white sliver that might have been panties...
seriously are you kidding me?
Why did you stop???
I'm guessing you're not a female. It may not be easy to look up a pencil skirt, but what about an A-line dress or a flowy skirt? I work in a professional office and wear both. Even if you can only catch a glimpse of panties, that's still a violation of privacy and enough to make most women uncomfortable. I wouldn't take those stairs.
Hey lets be careful before any corrections are made. The trolls who hang around under the stairs may sue if their pleasure event is removed...and the courts the way they are, may rule in their favour.
Of all the stories and issues this is #1. What a buch of perves.
Apparently you are a perv too cuz you read the article and then commented on it..
Just paint the backside of the risers ... problem solved!!!
Painting the risers is way to simple a solution. Instead, the tax payers are paying a security guard to stand at the bottom of the stairs to warn people and suggest the elevator. Why would the government want to fix this with a few hundred dollars when they could spend thousands on an employee in perpetuity!
They are creating jobs. Why hire a few day laborers to paint the backs of the stairs when you can hire two full time, permanent security guards?
A lot of you dont seem to get theat the stairs themselve are not glass its the risers (the part in between the steps). i know for a fact that these kind of stairs are all over the counrty. except the ones all over the country dont have any risers AT ALL. if you dont feel comfortable walking up the stairs in a skirt/dress dont use them or wear shorts under them. there are plenty if shorts out there made for skirts and dresses. if your dress or skirt is too short to wear anything else but ur underwear then obviously you have no problem showing off some of your s3x appeal. quit cryin and let people enjoy the art. if you actually walk undert hose stairs you cant see anything but peoples feet. always someone tryin to get some money for sueing.
A friend of mine once told me to sit on a particular sofa when I visited him and waited in the reception area. I was slightly puzzled until I heard heels tapping above me and naturally looked up only to find that you could see up the skirts of women walking down the stairs holding the handrail. I don't think the women knew about it....
As for solutions to the glass issue – what about window tint film or something similar applied to the underside reflecting back at anyone underneath.
Winning!
Well I know every time I'm feelin' hot and bothered, I race on down to the courthouse to scope me some lawyer and judge underwear. I can't think of anything more stimulating than looking up the skirts of middle-aged women who make a living arguing. Doesn't that just sound SOOOOO hot?
Depends.
You want to see DEPENDS?!?!?!? You sir have issues!!! (lol)
Awesome. I thought it was maybe too subtle. Good man.
That joke is the only reason they ran this article... I'm betting. Kudos!
Yes the soultion is to paint the underside. With glass cleaner.
That judge is pretty hot. But kinda scary.
I for one am going to stand under the stars just to see if those female judges really do have balls! :p
Its a trap! They designed it intentionally (at the COURTHOUSE) so they could draw in the pervs and save themselves the trouble of going out and finding them 😉