This humiliating event prompted Jolique to scratch her head in wonder at the curious codes of dress enforced by many Euro-American institutions and recreation establishments. Consider, for example, these dress code regulations, published by the Glencoe Golf & Country Club of Calgary, Alberta:

It is required that all members and their guests wear suitable attire at all times on the course and in and around the Clubhouse. Members are expected to dress tastefully in a manner appropriate to private golf clubs. As dress is a personal matter and as contemporary golfing attire changes from time to time, any questions regarding the acceptability of any particular apparel can be reviewed with the Professional staff. Management has the right to request any person to leave The Glencoe Golf & Country Club premises if he or she, in the opinion of the management, is not suitably attired.

Gentlemen

Required Dress: golf slacks, golf shirt (polo style or dress collar style), sweater or pullover, jacket and rain gear. Tailored shorts generally of a style and kind sold in the Golf Shop are acceptable. Prohibited Dress: sleeveless shirts, fishnet shirts, no shirts, shirts without collars, shirts with garish, gaudy or vulgar slogans or advertising, sweatshirts and sweatpants. Blue jeans, cutoffs, gym shorts or any shorts having an inseam less than five inches. Gentlemen are not allowed to wear sports headwear in the Dining Room, Spike Lounge, or Family Lounge.
*** Metal Spikes are not allowed

Ladies

Required Dress: shirts, culottes, slacks, golf shirts, and blouses, sweater or pullover, jacket and rain gear. Tailored shorts generally of a style and kind sold in the Golf Shop are acceptable, as are styled leisure suits. Prohibited Dress: short skirts, tank tops, fishnet tops, halters, shirts with garish, gaudy or vulgar slogans or advertising, sweat suits, blue jeans, cut-offs, gym shorts, or any short having an inseam less than 5 inches.

*** Metal Spikes are not allowed

These regulations offer proof that "modesty" and "appropriateness" are arbitrary and relative terms, dependent upon, among other things, time, place, and gender. For example, sweatshirts and sweatpants are sport clothing designed to facilitate active physical movement, while simultaneously absorbing sweat generated from such exertion. Granted, golf is not the most physically demanding sport, but it does require the body to perform expansive movements at tee-time. Under these circumstances, it seems the body would be perfectly comfortable in loose-fitting clothing such as sweatpants and shirts, but these items of clothing are prohibited on the Glencoe course.

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