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From: heretyk@abnjh.UUCP (S. Heretyk)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Correlation:  mode of dress vs. perceived ability
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Date: Wed, 8-Feb-84 08:40:06 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb  8 08:40:06 1984
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Betty Lehan Harragan has an interesting chapter on dress
in "Games Mother Never Taught You".
Basically don't dress sexy, buy shoes you can walk in (foot
crippling shoes have been a favorite method to keep women
in their place), buy clothes with pockets (get rid of your
pocketbook), and save your perfume for night when it can
perform its function of making you a desirable sex object.
Sometimes it's hard to find a blouse that you can't see through - how can
women be respected if they walk around showing off their underwear?
Also high collar blouses are in style which look nice
under a jacket as opposed to open collars.
Also it makes a replacement for a tie - as do necklaces (not
funky ones).  On women wearing ties Betty Harrigan states
"Never wear a man's tie. Never, never, never.  A man's
tie is a penis symbol.  No woman with any self-respect
wants to walk around advertising 'I'm pretending I have a penis'"

Shelley Heretyk