Student Strips During Presentation After Lecturer Says Her Outfit Was Too Short

A Cornell University student, Letitia Chai stripped off in the middle of her thesis presentation after her professor Said her outfit was rather too short for the formal situation at the New York Ivy League school.

After Letitia Chai stripped, 28 out of 44 people in the room during  Letitia's presentation removed their clothes as well in a show of support.

18 year old Letitia Chai went viral after she live-streamed her strip protest on Facebook. She said she wanted to stand up "against oppressive beliefs and discrimination" and that is why she stripped down in front of her class at Cornell University in New York on Saturday.



In an already deleted Facebook post, Letitia wrote:
The first thing that the professor said to me was 'is that really what you would wear?' She, a white woman, continued: 'Your shorts are too short'.

The professor proceeded to tell me, in front of my whole class, that I was inviting the male gaze away from the content of my presentation and onto my body.

She said I was making a statement by wearing my outfit. I told her that I sure as hell wouldn't change my statement to make her or anyone else feel more comfortable.



 According to Letitia, the professor later asked her what her mother would think of her clothes after she left the room.

The students issued a joint statement in which they said professor Maggor's comment had "error in phrasing" but the thrust of her point was to note the "importance of professionalism in certain public speaking situations."

The professor told the Cornell University student newspaper that she doesn't tell her students what to wear or determines "appropriate dress".

An email to The Cornell Sun from professor Maggor reads: "I do not tell my students what to wear, nor do I define for them what constitutes appropriate dress.

"I ask them to reflect for themselves and make their own decisions."

Source: CornellSun