A man wore a dress to work after he was sent home for wearing shorts to protest his office's 'sexist' dress code

The INSIDER Summary: 

• Joey Barge wore shorts to work when temperatures climbed past 86°F.
• His boss sent him home for dressing inappropriately and told him to change.
• Since Barge thought pants would be too hot, he came back wearing a dress.
• He wore the dress to protest the company’s "sexist" dress code.
• Now, men at Barge's office can wear three-quarter length shorts in black, navy, or beige.

 
Dressing for work with a dress code can be difficult during the scorching summer months.

When temperatures surpassed 86°F earlier this week, Joey Barge, from Buckinghamshire, England, decided to wear shorts to work, according to indy100.

However, the 20-year-old call center employee’s plan to stay cool fell short. Barge's boss sent him home and told him to change because his shorts were inappropriate.

Frustrated with what he considered a "sexist" dress code, Barge vented on Twitter.

And then he came up with a solution: He would beat the system and stay cool by coming back to work in a dress.

"I got sent home and told to change into appropriate clothing but it said females could wear dresses so hey ho!" he told the Daily Mail. 

He wasn't optimistic about the situation.

However, things ended in what Barge considered a "partial win." Because of his protest, men are now allowed to wear three-quarter length shorts (aka Capri pants) in beige, black, and navy to his office.

Barge was given the option to go home and change after the call center updated its policy, but he chose to finish the work day in the dress, according to the Daily Mail.

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