“feels like it threatens the safety of anyone who doesn’t conform to the binary dress code.”

I seem to have missed the part in the dress code where violators will be beaten with bundles of sticks...

I'd also like to point out the irony of the department of agriculture even allowing skirts for anyone. You want to get sucked into a combine harvester? Great way to do that is wearing a loose skirt.

Every one of their employees should have to wear brown overalls and keep their hair cut short at all times, like the people they regulate.