[Cherie]

United Airlines has refused to allow two teenage girls and a 10-year-old girl to board a flight Sunday because they were wearing leggings.
The gate agent told the girls they had to put dresses over their leggings otherwise they could not board the flight. The 10-year-old was eventually allowed to board after putting on a dress she was carrying in her backpack, however, the other two teens were barred from taking the flight from Denver to Minneapolis.
Social media platforms were inundated with criticism after a passenger posted about the incident on Twitter. "A United gate agent isn't letting girls in leggings get on flight from Denver to Minneapolis because spandex is not allowed?" Shannon Watts, who was at a gate at Denver International Airport, said in her tweet.
"She's forcing them to change or put dresses on over leggings or they can't board," she tweeted. "Since when does @united police women's clothing?"
United responded to tweets about the incident, saying, "United shall have the right to refuse passengers who are not properly clothed via our Contract of Carriage." They added, "This is left to the discretion of the agents."
According to the airline's passenger contract, the airline can refuse to let a passenger on board if the passengers is "barefoot or not properly clothed" without defining "properly clothed."
United's response gaenwews more outrage on social media as users blamed the airline of sexism and sexualizing young girls after it had defended the dress code.