> > Don't guys do this (dress up, comb hair, smell nice, get a tan, work out, etc.) to some extent?
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> Do you have to spend nearly an entire hour doing your hair in the morning, then putting on makeup, *every* day? I don't, but many women do.

I realize that I might have misunderstood everything, but this "have to" has always seemed kind of voluntary to me. But then again, that "kind of" is probably underestimation: Many women (and men, I'll postulate, even if they aren't as many as the women) probably have to perform this circus to stay in touch with the life they strive towards. But now I'm back to the point which you and Sam are trying to make, I guess, namely that this is all a wicked consequence of the way society is structured, that there are certain things which we can only acheive using "dirty" methods.

jul"sometimes I feel sick"ian