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From: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: Putting a stereotype to death
Message-ID: <706@ttidcc.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 22-Aug-85 13:42:58 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug 22 13:42:58 1985
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References: <61RRe: A Question for the Women(Color
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Organization: The Cat Factory
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Summary: 

In article <1501@peora.UUCP> jer@peora.UUCP (J. Eric Roskos) writes:
>Yes, there's a lot of truth to this... in the past few years, it's reached
>the point where ALL jeans are "cut for womanly shapes".  Except those with
>"a skosh more room," which makes it sound like you're a fat person if you
>buy them... I buy those anyhow, eventhough I am not.
>
>    ... I find myself asking, "what diabolical conspiracy is this, anyhow?"

A friend pointed out to me that you can tell where  the  baby-boomers  are,
agewise,  by  watching  marketing  trends.  They're  too  huge  a market to
ignore, so things appropriate to their age group tend  to  appear  as  they
need  them.  The  example  that brought this to mind is that Levi Strauss &
Co. just decided to come out with jeans with "a skosh more room".  I hardly
think it coincidental that most baby-boomers are now middle-aged, beginning
to spread a little (on average), and in need of such.  This may also relate
to the current boom in health clubs and exercise equipment.

I bet the pshrink business starts to pick up in a few years when all  those
mid-life crises start coming home to roost ...

(Heard on the news last night:  Someone's started a phone-in  psychotherapy
service in L.A.  Horrifying).

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