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LadyConstanze -> RE: Don't be a creeper (12/2/2015 6:53:51 AM)
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ORIGINAL: crumpets
My long-standing but as-yet-unproved hypothesis that women dress like exactly as who they are whenever they can get away with it, was formed 30 years ago after observing women at college and grad school Halloween parties; so my yet-to-be-proved theory predates your particular Halloween Catwoman outfit, so, I apologize if there was any intimation that you dress sluttily.
I give you a completely different hypothesis, coming from living in Germany for a long time where carnival (Fasching) is a real event and even shops and offices will be closed, people do dress up in fancy costumes, it's a bit like Halloween only not focused just on the scary aspect, it's the time before lent starts and where people can drink, gorge themselves on special donuts and just have a party before a more sombre time is there, culturally the big feast before a time when food was scarce and you waited for spring and the first fresh food...
You see a lot of princesses, you see cowboys, you see Indians, you see sheiks, gangsters, oriental princesses, comic strip characters, nurses, guys dressed as women, people dressing as aliens, Star Trek, Star Wars characters, you name it, it's a bit of a free for all thing.
The thing I noticed is that people used to dress completely different from how they dressed usually, it tended to be 180 degree change of their normal attire, the homely girls tended to dress up as fairy tale princesses, a lot of the guys (especially the boring ones) all of a sudden tried to be dashing pirates (more Erol Flinn than Jack Sparrow) or outlaws like Billy the Kid, the boys and girls from the accounting department all of a sudden looked like they should be in the Sex Pistols, people who were usually well behaved and quiet like church mice dressed up like monsters, you get my drift...
It was basically the time where you could be who you usually weren't, because you didn't dare or because you just wanted to slip into that role for a day, sure some girls who didn't wear much usually also didn't wear much then, but you could see the very uptight housewife all of a sudden being dressed up like a courtesan (Madame Pompadour was quite popular), some snotty church lady would be flashing a basque and suspenders.
It was all OK, because of CARNEVAL, where things got turned upside down, total role reversal, freedom of expression, trying out something you usually wouldn't do...
A bit like a good old BDSM role play only more socially acceptable and for the general public.
Or let me try this, you might know me well enough to know that I wouldn't take advantage of anybody, especially not anybody working for me, and I don't think you're the kind of guy who lets people get away with walking all over him, that's an important premiss. OK, we got that cleared up.
Now imagine we're somehow romantically involved, you're working away on your computer, I walk in with a business costume with a twist, the skirt is a bit too short, the slit is a bit too high, I"m flashing a lot of stocking top and leg, my buttons are a bit too undone and the shirt is a bit too transparent. I claim that I found some dirt on you, like that you were watching one of the secretaries changing in the ladies bathroom, I could get you fired if you don't do exactly what I want you to do NOW <wink wink, nudge nudge>
It wouldn't make me a slut and a predator, it wouldn't make you a weak and helpless guy who spies on secretaries in the bathroom and got caught, it would just be fun, pretend... That's how a lot of people feel about fancy dress stuff, the adult version of dressing up and pretending...
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