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United Airlines refuses teenage girls to board flight for wearing leggings
United Airlines refused to let a 10-year-old girl fly in leggings, then defended it with cold, robotic tweets
United Airlines has refused to allow three teenage girls, including a 10-year-old, from boarding a flight on Sunday because they were wearing leggings.
The gate agent told the girls they had to put dresses over their leggings otherwise they cannot board. The 10-year-old was eventually allowed to board after wearing a dress she was carrying in her backpack, however, the other two girls were barred from taking the flight from Denver to Minneapolis.
The social media platforms were filled with criticism after a passenger took the incident on Twitter. 'A United gate agent isn't letting girls in leggings get on flight from Denver to Minneapolis because spandex is not allowed?' Shannon Watts, who was at a gate at Denver International Airport, said in her tweet.
"She's forcing them to change or put dresses on over leggings or they can't board," she tweeted. "Since when does @united police women's clothing?"
United responded to tweets about the incident, saying "United shall have the right to refuse passengers who are not properly clothed via our Contract of Carriage." And added, " This is left to the discretion of the agents."
According to the airline's passenger contract, the airline can refuse to let a passenger on board if the passengers is "barefoot or not properly clothed" without defining "properly clothed".
The United's response gathered more outrage on social media as users blamed the airline of sexism and sexualizing young girls after it defended the dresscode.
https://qz.com/942244/united-airline...e-pr-response/
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