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I think we might sort of drop back into a modified position on Bio K9's thesis.
Essentially, the "fetish" is identified by Freud as something that is fixated upon as a substitute or representative for sex, and thus is inextricably linked to the sexual act. Therefore, somebody with an according-to-Hoyle school uniform fetish would be incapable of becoming sexually arouseds without a school uniform being involved.
Many fetishes, the theory goes, originate in childhood (f'r example, this is why shoe fetishes are so common - because you spend a lot of time as a wee one looking at people's shoes). Now, I think there are a lot of very serious holes in this construction of the fetish, but could we apply a modified version to the concept of the school uniform of signifier of sexiness.
Put simply, certainly if one went to a certain sort of school (ie one with uniform) the girls around one as one became sexually aware would be wearing school uniforms, and thus the school uniform might become metaphorically tangled up in the concept of the sexually attractive feamle. And remember, kids, fancying a 14-year old girl is not icky *as long as you are 14 as well*.
So, the use fo school uniform as sexual signifier is not because it makes you look sexy on a purely aesthetic level, but because it is a reminder of the girls (or, theoretically, boys, although the pictures I have seen so far have such ugboys that it is hard to judge) to whom one was first attracted, and thus a reminder of the power and novely of those first sexual feelings.
And if that's the case, perhaps the burlesque accoutrements - the stockings, or the pigtails, or the painted-on freckles, the utterly over-the-top signifiers of hebescence - are there to create a kind fo cognitive firebreak, to establish a clear separation through sheer incongruity between woman in school uniform and "girl" in school uniform.
Not sure whether this would make it more or less icky, byt it's a thought....
Speaking of icky, perhaps these two passages from a British weblog might explain to our friends in the former colonies the particular mindset he is portraying:
These two girls going missing is really beginning to vex me and I'm not entirely sure why. For some reason, this news story seems to grabbed me where similar ones haven't. That's not to say I didn't care or feel sorry for the parents of Sarah Payne, Amanda Dowler and so on. Holly and Jess going missing is having an affect on me that I would never have predicted.
As each minute passes, the chances of them being found alive and/or unharmed goes down. Harsh but sadly true. I'm not even going to try and describe how their parents must be feeling right now because my words could not even begin to do their feelings justice. Even worse than that, if Holly and Jess are still alive how scared must they be? Makes me shiver just thinking about it.
All this makes you sit back and think. Whilst there are some amazing moments in life there are equally some demonic ones. On balance I'd say the world as a whole is a good place to me ... but only just. Fingers crossed these two girls come back safe and sound.
Followed by:
Booked my one-way ticket to purgatory today. Driving to work, I had to stop to let a gaggle of school kids cross the road. One of them caught my eye, mainly because her skirt was stupidly short, she had blonde hair and was very good looking. She also had a badge on her school blazer ...
'I am 15 today'
It wouldn't have been so bad if she wasn't also opening envelopes that contained cards inside, meaning it was obviously her birthday. My bags are already packed for my long stay in hell.
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