Thankyou for your responses everyone, they are very interesting and I'm still re-reading them and absorbing your various perspectives.
Even the facetious comments are interesting.
Innocentia, I like the distinction you've made between the power relationships and that you would consider responding to a colleague differently, than a superior.
Ru, I agree a physical action is a bit of a Pandora's box of a boundary to cross.
Someone distinguished between being on the receiving end of bullying and observing others being bullied. It confounds me that employees can watch bullying, put their heads down and say nothing. I kinda get it, but I don't quite get how doing the right thing doesn't override everything under these circumstances.
Well, one might question whether mashed potato under studio lights (Genesis 1:3) is truly cold, so that might hold off an act of vengeance, or two.
I've also found the Bible to be rather dense, but I'm sure it does cover all the important issues. Although, I've just purchased a dehumidifier online and I can't find the relevant instructions now Leviticus 14:33-53 no longer appears to apply. Surely, there has to be something about plugging it in and emptying it?
I tell you what, I'll try and answer that from a personal perspective, as I found the word 'glamorous' evocative.
I'm a wee, minion service provider. I used to have to wear black, which I had great fun with in my own quirky, arty way. I'd bounce into work feeling like chocolate, both emotionally and physically comfortable.
My job involves a lot of interaction and I'd bubble away at people who seemed to take great delight in my presentation. They'd have a bit of fun interacting with me and I was frequently complimented on my dress, 'glamorous' being one of the phrases frequently used even though I'm far from conventionally glamorous.
The powers to be then decided us minions would be far better at our jobs if we wore restrictive, sweaty, polyester. I go to work feeling like I'm not considered grown up enough, or human enough to decide for myself what to wear in the mornings. It's highlighted the divide between minion and management and effects teamwork. It seems to give some customers licence to treat us as lesser beings. I work all day feeling physically uncomfortable, as if I have pan scourers secreted about my person.
I've lost my bubbles. Sharing my bubbles was such a great thing. Other people benefitted from my endless bubble production. People sometimes badly need a few bubbles to play with to get them through their day.
Clothing can be quite powerful on a number of different levels. It's not just about appearing as an object to be admired, or bagging a man.
To answer your grammatically pickled question John, perhaps because it's a sticking plaster industry with instant gratification.
To look at the cognitive and emotional issues behind achieving feeling wholly good about yourself is a slow and often uncomfortable process. The physical agony of waxing maybe pales into insignicance by comparison.
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