Yossarian comments on Why Real Men Wear Pink - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Yossarian 29 March 2013 04:24:17AM 4 points [-]

This was the case for me in my uniforms required school. The obvious and conspicuous item we could control was our tie, but thinking back on it now, kids signalled identity and status through shoes, belts, and other accessories (though I was effectively blind to such things at the time).

Seniors were also allowed to wear khaki pants, a conscious allowance on the administrators' part designed to reinforce the different classes.