[lit-ideas] Normal bra (Was: Training bra, training school, normal school
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 22:32:32 EDT
Geary is discussing Plato's _Republic_ and his sexist bias towards female
education.
kurai ei ou apo egoge kai heras aphrodite
os kurai soma epagoge koron kai kalon kuron
Pl., Rep. iii, 2.
Which is standardly interpreted against the possibility of _female_ training
_in toto_.
Geary asks:
>So why do they call it a "training" bra?
This would hold against Plato, only that Geary's argument is totally
anachronistic. In two senses of the word:
1. Training bra's are a Californian invention. They are not Attic.
2. Bra is short for brasserie, so while the training bra being
California it would be possible to derive it at least as
early as Napoleonic Revolutionary France -- never earlier.
A thorough study of Greek classical sculpture shows no evidence of 'kurai'
ever wearing bra, training or other.
J. L. Speranza, Esq.
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