Psychoanalysis of wearing a tie

"Psychoanalysis of wearing a tie" doesnt lend itself to any relevant google hits... so i felt it more than appropriate to present my views on the subject as a part of my contribution to humanity...

they say that the french started it ... King Louis XIV took it up after seeing the victorious Croatian mercenaries during the Thirty Years' War...

as much as it started as a fashion accessory as it is today... but, somewhere in late 19th century it served the purpose of showing the wearer's affiliations...

history apart... lets look at the need/effect of such a piece of clothing...

why is it professional to wear a tie?
why does it look impressive?
how can it make you feel more confident internally?
is it just a cultural reinforcement?
is there more to wearing a tie than what has been told to us?

is there a psychology associated with it, that is so unique and inherent that even if a caveman was made to wear a tie he would feel a similar amount of boost in his confidence?

may be i am reading too much into it... but heres my theory :)

neck/throat is a very vulnerable body part for any animal... carnivores know it instinctively and attack a prey accordingly... a noose around the neck is used to guide cattle... to "direct them" where the "owner" wants to take them...

wearing a tie is a mark of acceptance of your vulnerability... to put it mildly, its a positive sign as it says that your weakness along with your strength is wide open for anybody to figure out... this can happen only when you are completely confident of your strenghths... thus a tie makes you humble and very confident... even if u r a big shot... it adds a sense of humility to you and thus makes u seem more professional ...

well... that was me on ties...

gosh.... weekend starts... this is a sure sign i need a break ;)
cheers

yes i am angry

...there is this inherent reflex to initiate any such thought with an exclamation called .. GOD!! .. and then atheists like me developed mutilations/hybrids of the expression to express the same agitation without having to feel guilty of succumbing to the strength (or the lack there of) of the "faith in god" phenomena... such expressions sound like .. GOSH!, etc

thats besides the point...

i am agitated at the plight of our system .. and more at the plight of the right/sensible people surviving in the system... two glaring examples...
the political class's attitude to the reservation policy... and the same fraternity's reaction to Mr Kalam sending back the "office of profit" bill ...


I need not furnish the details.. its just too glaring to be missed...

the sad part is that may it be a group of doctors with possibly zero political clout, or the president of the nation... both seem to be forced to bend down to whims and fancies of senseless politicians who get elected not by majority vote but due to majority INDIFFERENCE ,,, the working class that makes sense... doesnt vote...

BUT

above all this... one phenomena that may be clearly pointed out as the BIGGEST and possibly the only reason of such turn of evens is the SPINELESSESS of the PM.. manmohan singh has clearly displayed lack of sense, spine and sex ....

May the truth set us all free..... !!!


ggggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
ME