1/ Nail polish (like high heels and facial makeup) is a technological attempt to exaggerate a sexual signal. It was invented to call the eye to the tips of the fingers, emphasizing their thinness and grace, and showing off the pink of good blood flow.
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3/ The bright pink and red colors of lipstick, nailpolish, etc. are plausibly linked to the color of mucus membranes, chaining off of primate interest in seeing exposed female genitals. It's no surprise that christian louboutin red-bottom shoes were (a) shocking, (b) popular
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4/ The midwit posture of "oh, thing X is just thing X; there's no context or reason behind it, therefore whoever says that Y should not X is just silly / stupid" is rankest idiocy. Prove it. Go grow yourself a toothbrush mustache.pic.twitter.com/w9m5auNn9V
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5/ This is how signals work: they assume both a base biological reality AND a contingent cultural reality. And the progs KNOW THIS. That's WHY they want boys to wear nail polish, and not - say - t-shirts with red and gray diagonal stripes.
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