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From: jeff@rtech.UUCP (Jeff Lichtman)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: skirt-wearing
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Date: Sun, 20-Oct-85 05:14:48 EDT
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> I'm not sure I totally believe all this but...according to Thorstein
> Veblen's THEORY OF THE LEISURE CLASS (paraphrased)....
> 
> Skirts tend to be worn as a sign that one doesn't (have to) do any physical
> labor.  They are worn by a leisure class, either to show how rich the
> wearer is OR to show how rich the wearer's owner is.  Veblen points out that
> in western culture skirts are worn by women and priests (the Catholic
> priestly robe).  In short, skirts are worn to show one is an item of
> conspicuous consumption, either one's own consumption or someone else's.

Thorstein Veblen should do a reality check.  Did he ever hear of Scotland
and kilts?
-- 
Jeff Lichtman at rtech (Relational Technology, Inc.)
"Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent..."

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