BELT UP, YOUNG MAN!
Florida’s attempt to ban young men from “sagging” – wearing jeans so low they show their underpants – has many precedents. In 2008, on the campaign trail, Barack Obama told MTV that “brothers should pull up their pants”. A year before, the mayor of Delcambre, Louisiana, said that any man who allowed his jeans to slide down his buttocks, would have to pay a $500 fine and spend six months in jail. The sight of exposed boxer shorts has caused consternation this side of the Atlantic too: last year, 18-year-old Ellis Drummond was threatened with an Asbo (Anti-Social Behavior Order) for wearing trousers so low that they were showing his underpants.
Adapted from: Speak Up – 289 (2011)
Assinale a alternativa que equivale à palavra “sagging”, usada no texto acima:
