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> Dress is form of self expression - intrinsicly so. Yes! And the women in Victorian England had no choice in that (did you even read the article?). Shunning t
by andrepd 4y ago
> Dress is form of self expression - intrinsicly so.
Yes! And the women in Victorian England had no choice in that (did you even read the article?). Shunning the dress norms had serious consequences for the woman. It's easy to forget that when you live in a society where (1) people can more or less dress as they wish, and (2) even the socially accepted norm is not overly constricting of movement or damaging to your health.
> rather than fooling one's self that one's aesthetic preferences are anything more than subjective
Freedom of motion, in a very concrete example, enough to ride a bicycle, is a very objective thing.