Why do men wear ties?
They are totally pointless, get in the way, and can even be dangerous around machinery, so why do we still wear them? Women used to wear hats all the time, and now very rarely do. Is it a conspiracy?
Answers:
Same thing with turn-ups on trousers.
I don't know why anybody is expected to dress uncomfortably. What good does it do? Ties started out as scarves to keep you warm in cold climates but its just tradition, and a mighty uncomfortable one, now. Why would it be impossible to work at a serious job in tennis shoes or even sandals and a comfortable old pair of jeans and a T shirt? Oh well. Ours is not a rational species, is it?
I thought they were to remind men of tyhe ball and chains around their necks to make them work and submit to women.
Men wear ties as a form of distinction. In an environment where all you have is a shirt and some sort of business suit, everyone looks pretty similar; the ties are the only way to do something a little different.
Company dress code, mainly.
So us girls can tie you up with them
To cover up breakfast stains all the way down their buttons?
I was told many years ago by a school teacher that men wore ties in order to hide buttons! But maybe she was just attempting to get us to stop wearing ties the wrong way round or around the head like Rambo.
so that us girls can use them to tie you to the chair during the lunch hour
Definitelly to hide the buttons...it´s more elegant..
To keep their heads on!
In the 17th century wealthy men had lacy collar-bands to close their shirts; some were detachable so you could have a clean collar even if you didn't change your shirt. You tied a knot in the band to close the front or used a decorative pin, and the lace covered the buttons on your shirt. Poor people just had a long strip of material that they tied Ascot style.
Over time the stiff butterfly collar became popular, at the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th century, giving us the bow tie made of silk as a type of ornamentation. Collars and cuffs were still detachable, and some wore stiffened "false fronts" with their dinner jackets (US tuxedos), over the front of their real shirt. I suppose this was cheaper to change and launder than the whole garment.
In the 20th century people had more clothes and the whole collar-cuff-tie thing became obsolete, but the habit hangs on.
Women used to wear hats as a form of ornament and because women *had* to wear hats in church (a misinterpretation of something Paul says in one of the Corinthian epistles). By the 1960s it became unacceptable to kill exotic birds etc. to decorate hats because the poor creatures were being hunted to extinction. By the 70's women were more interested in comfort than traditional style, anyway.
I think men looked nice in Bogart-style hats, but you're right, neckties are pointless.
Men wear ties, because women give birth..Lewis Grizzard LOL
Clothing is a question of fashion. In old times men did not
wear ties so perhaps someday ties may go out of fashion
and you will be happy, if you are still around. I wish you a
long, healthy and tie less life!
because they want to.
It's gender discrimination in many workplaces.
I can't stand the b******s myself.
They are symbolic of being 'Tied' by your employer/school/association etc..
Horrid little things really..
I think it might be a conspiracy! hehe I don't know, I've never understood the whole tie thing either!!
Kind of like shaking hands...why?
hmmm, boy I have alot of questions!
Poor men, they have to wear ties when they are little school boys too. Torture!
Like women, men need accessories as well, wearing ties makes u look professional and an impression of high standard.
Cavemen used ties to clean their faces
Today men use them for protocol or etiquette
not sure, but they sure do make an outfit look better. If you have to wear one invest in a soft material tie maybe silk and whatever feels good around your neck usually around fathers day, Christmas and other holidays you can get some real good deals at jc penny's or mervyn's.
if you don't like the full tie sometimes you could find clip on ties that look like full ties.
Wearing tie is the product of the modern culture, which has been adopted as norm and value to disply the scholastic, intellectual personality, and upper class personality. Even, it has been adopted in the offical and formal culture. Cultural formation does not have it's logic rather it keeps on building in the social life. In this way, the wearing tie is now in the unconscious faculty of mind comes to activate the formal culture especially to the men.
Ties evolved from cravats, as worn by the middle and upper classes and scarves by the working classes, around the end of the 19th Cent. They became popular when they were first adopted by the British Army, Officer classes as part of their uniform and these people carried the tie with them into civilian life. It became a badge of office in an office, for petty little bureaucrats who had ideas above their station. Their descendants are still with us today!
Its probably a sort of social conditioning.
Some men shouldn't wear ties, people like labourers and car mechanics.
I tried going without a tie a few times but I felt awful and looked awful. You dont need a tie to play golf to go rock climbing or to work in the garden.
Horse for courses, its a bit like barristers wearing wigs.
I love ties because you can be creatuve with them, i always buy mine second hand and always different patterns and fabrics, its like a little collection that reflects how you were feeling and the sort of aesthic you were going for at different points in your life. I love to wear them and to wear them with outfits that don't traditionally come off as formal, its really fun to experiment with gender specific accessories and play about with social conventions!
Now if you wear to see how far the tie goes back in History you may not want to get rid of it at all. It's history is quite interesting indeed.
To sum up the reason for the tie here is a quote from Chic Simple written by Michael Solomon:
"They are not particularly comfortable. They always go out of style (or back in as soon as we have thrown them out). And they are not even practical. Yet the tie remains an essential part of a man's wardrobe because it unites all the elements of a man's outfit, giving him instant respectability and, above all, it is the ultimate symbol of individuality"
Sooo, you run off now and get your tie :).
Because stupidly man invented ties along with washing machines,irons and hoovers.
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Same thing with turn-ups on trousers.
I don't know why anybody is expected to dress uncomfortably. What good does it do? Ties started out as scarves to keep you warm in cold climates but its just tradition, and a mighty uncomfortable one, now. Why would it be impossible to work at a serious job in tennis shoes or even sandals and a comfortable old pair of jeans and a T shirt? Oh well. Ours is not a rational species, is it?
I thought they were to remind men of tyhe ball and chains around their necks to make them work and submit to women.
Men wear ties as a form of distinction. In an environment where all you have is a shirt and some sort of business suit, everyone looks pretty similar; the ties are the only way to do something a little different.
Company dress code, mainly.
So us girls can tie you up with them
To cover up breakfast stains all the way down their buttons?
I was told many years ago by a school teacher that men wore ties in order to hide buttons! But maybe she was just attempting to get us to stop wearing ties the wrong way round or around the head like Rambo.
so that us girls can use them to tie you to the chair during the lunch hour
Definitelly to hide the buttons...it´s more elegant..
To keep their heads on!
In the 17th century wealthy men had lacy collar-bands to close their shirts; some were detachable so you could have a clean collar even if you didn't change your shirt. You tied a knot in the band to close the front or used a decorative pin, and the lace covered the buttons on your shirt. Poor people just had a long strip of material that they tied Ascot style.
Over time the stiff butterfly collar became popular, at the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th century, giving us the bow tie made of silk as a type of ornamentation. Collars and cuffs were still detachable, and some wore stiffened "false fronts" with their dinner jackets (US tuxedos), over the front of their real shirt. I suppose this was cheaper to change and launder than the whole garment.
In the 20th century people had more clothes and the whole collar-cuff-tie thing became obsolete, but the habit hangs on.
Women used to wear hats as a form of ornament and because women *had* to wear hats in church (a misinterpretation of something Paul says in one of the Corinthian epistles). By the 1960s it became unacceptable to kill exotic birds etc. to decorate hats because the poor creatures were being hunted to extinction. By the 70's women were more interested in comfort than traditional style, anyway.
I think men looked nice in Bogart-style hats, but you're right, neckties are pointless.
Men wear ties, because women give birth..Lewis Grizzard LOL
Clothing is a question of fashion. In old times men did not
wear ties so perhaps someday ties may go out of fashion
and you will be happy, if you are still around. I wish you a
long, healthy and tie less life!
because they want to.
It's gender discrimination in many workplaces.
I can't stand the b******s myself.
They are symbolic of being 'Tied' by your employer/school/association etc..
Horrid little things really..
I think it might be a conspiracy! hehe I don't know, I've never understood the whole tie thing either!!
Kind of like shaking hands...why?
hmmm, boy I have alot of questions!
Poor men, they have to wear ties when they are little school boys too. Torture!
Like women, men need accessories as well, wearing ties makes u look professional and an impression of high standard.
Cavemen used ties to clean their faces
Today men use them for protocol or etiquette
not sure, but they sure do make an outfit look better. If you have to wear one invest in a soft material tie maybe silk and whatever feels good around your neck usually around fathers day, Christmas and other holidays you can get some real good deals at jc penny's or mervyn's.
if you don't like the full tie sometimes you could find clip on ties that look like full ties.
Wearing tie is the product of the modern culture, which has been adopted as norm and value to disply the scholastic, intellectual personality, and upper class personality. Even, it has been adopted in the offical and formal culture. Cultural formation does not have it's logic rather it keeps on building in the social life. In this way, the wearing tie is now in the unconscious faculty of mind comes to activate the formal culture especially to the men.
Ties evolved from cravats, as worn by the middle and upper classes and scarves by the working classes, around the end of the 19th Cent. They became popular when they were first adopted by the British Army, Officer classes as part of their uniform and these people carried the tie with them into civilian life. It became a badge of office in an office, for petty little bureaucrats who had ideas above their station. Their descendants are still with us today!
Its probably a sort of social conditioning.
Some men shouldn't wear ties, people like labourers and car mechanics.
I tried going without a tie a few times but I felt awful and looked awful. You dont need a tie to play golf to go rock climbing or to work in the garden.
Horse for courses, its a bit like barristers wearing wigs.
I love ties because you can be creatuve with them, i always buy mine second hand and always different patterns and fabrics, its like a little collection that reflects how you were feeling and the sort of aesthic you were going for at different points in your life. I love to wear them and to wear them with outfits that don't traditionally come off as formal, its really fun to experiment with gender specific accessories and play about with social conventions!
Now if you wear to see how far the tie goes back in History you may not want to get rid of it at all. It's history is quite interesting indeed.
To sum up the reason for the tie here is a quote from Chic Simple written by Michael Solomon:
"They are not particularly comfortable. They always go out of style (or back in as soon as we have thrown them out). And they are not even practical. Yet the tie remains an essential part of a man's wardrobe because it unites all the elements of a man's outfit, giving him instant respectability and, above all, it is the ultimate symbol of individuality"
Sooo, you run off now and get your tie :).
Because stupidly man invented ties along with washing machines,irons and hoovers.
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