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From: bsstrs@gdt.bath.ac.uk (T R Stickland)
Newsgroups: soc.feminism
Subject: Re: The basis of choice (Was Re: society vs. the individual)
Message-ID: <1991Apr19.163117.6896@gdt.bath.ac.uk>
Date: 19 Apr 91 16:31:17 GMT
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In article <1991Apr5.110406.3896@panix.uucp> panix!mara@cmcl2.NYU.EDU (Mara Chibnik) writes:
>In article <1991Apr4.141938.22268@psych.toronto.edu>
>dsy@psych.toronto.EDU (Desiree Sy) writes:
>
>>No one is arguing that we do not make our own choices because an
>>amorphous entity called "society" is making choices for us. But
>>cultural influences do subconsciously colour our conscious decisions.
>>
>>For example, Sam Choi says that "even if [men wearing dresses] were
>>completely hunky dory [he] wouldn't really want to." Why is this true?
>
>Well, if it were really hunky dory he'd be pretty silly not to.
>

I've just started reading this newsgroup - only this artcile available,
I can't grasp the thread (exactly)...

Was someone suggesting that costume was dictated by something other than
social convention (i.e. there is another reason for men not wearing
dresses) ?.

Surely not, surely I'm missing something here...
(Seriously I thnk I *must* be!)

Tim


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