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Many of these are, I think, signaling of things other than status -- e.g. membership of a group. I also think this thread is missing the point slightly: status
by hughprime 17y ago
Many of these are, I think, signaling of things other than status -- e.g. membership of a group.
I also think this thread is missing the point slightly: status signaling doesn't explain every clothing decision ever made by anybody, but it does explain why fashions change the way they do.
- billswift 17y agoI'm not much into reading about signaling and similar issues, but from what Robin has written, especially over the last few months, I think most signaling, eg group membership, involves status signaling among its other issues.