Robin Netherton wrote:
In the offices I've worked in, it was the secretaries and lower-level
assistants that wore the snazzy hairstyles, trendy jewelry, shorter
skirts, figure-flattering tops, and the like. The higher the level, the
more sober the women dressed -- definitely well-groomed and successful,
but not at all "attractive" in the narrower sense.
That's because sex sells. Sells cars, sells people. If someone's for
sale, they're not successful. Does "figure flattering top" mean "shows
the bustline off to advantage?" "Whose advantage?" is the next question.
I don't doubt that most of the people on this list understand this
point; it's a pity more "average" people don't.
--
Cynthia Virtue and/or Cynthia du Pre Argent
"Such virtue hath my pen...." -Shakespeare, Sonnet 81
"I knew this wasn't _my_ pen!" --Cynthia Virtue
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