I recall reading that ties were originally used to hide shirt buttons and
keep the shirt clean. The latter I find odd. I use a tie, that has to be
sent to the cleaners, to keep my shirt, which gets thrown in the washing
machine, clean
Gary J. Klatsky, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Oswego State University of NY http://www.oswego.edu/~klatsky
Oswego, NY 13126 Voice: (315) 312 3474
-----Original Message-----
From: G. Marc Turner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2000 9:00 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
phone: (512)245-2526
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
