Marc and TIPSters,
If you haven't read it, Gloria Steinem's essay on what would have
happened if Freud had been female has a hilarious send-up of the sexual
connotations of men wearing ties: in a nutshell, as imitations of female
genitalia. I haven't looked at ties the same way since....
The series of essays is also interesting for class use, as it shows
that one can take the "opposite" view (that men are "failed women") and make
it sound just as plausible.
Joe Hatcher
Ripon College
Ripon, WI 54971
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> From: G. Marc Turner
> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2000 8:00 AM
> To: TIPS
> Subject: OT: Origin of Ties
>
> At 11:11 PM 10/24/2000 -0400, Stephen Black wrote:
> >Brief fashion observation: personally, I can't think of anything
> >sillier than a male wearing a ribbon tightly around his neck
> >which hangs down to his waist.
>
> I have to agree with Stephen on this one. I've never fully understood the
> whole tie thing. Does anyone know where the idea of wearing a noose around
> your neck being considered a good idea came from? I've often wondered
> about
> this and some of the implications that it might make, like "Males look
> better when they have something tied tightly around their neck." To me
> this is slightly disturbing...
>
> Class exercise for someone: How would different schools of thought in
> psychology (behaviorism, evolutionary, Freudian, etc.) explain tie
> wearing?
>
> - Marc
> G. Marc Turner, MEd
> Lecturer & Head of Computer Operations
> Department of Psychology
> Southwest Texas State University
> San Marcos, TX 78666
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