This CNN report details the controversy over Southwest Airlines temporarily tossing 23-year-old Kyla Ebbert off of a flight because of her (allegedly) excessively revealing miniskirt.

(I include the picture here merely so readers can judge for themselves whether the clothing was inappropriate or not--I know that none of my readers could ever have any interest in looking at the picture except to evaluate the propriety of Southwest's actions).

The young woman, who is also a Hooters waitress, wanted the airline to apologize (which I think is appropriate), but the airline didn't, so now she's thinking of suing. Paging Gloria Allred, Paging Gloria Allred...

Ann Friedman of www.Feministing.com also makes an appearance on the CNN clip, saying that people only get worked up when a woman is semi-unclothed, not a man. We're told that the airline was responding to a complaint from a passenger, but we're not told whether the complainant was a man or a woman. I suspect it was a woman.

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