Well, throughout my schooling I was obliged to wear the school uniform and have my hair cut to the regulation length. When I began my articles and throughout my career as a lawyer working for/with the man I was obliged to wear a white shirt, a respectable suit, and a tie. These things were symbols of my oppression by capital. I am now free of that.

The ritual depilation of women symbolises the Victorian oppression - the delight in child-brides and obsession with virginity. It is time for women to throw off those shackles and assert themselves as equals.

The damage we impose on our skin by daily de-oiling of that which nature designed to be oily again reflects our repression. Watch the process of attraction between quadruped animals - it focusses largely on smell, yet we try to wipe it out. Why? Because we are afraid of ourselves.

The folkie, as might be guessed from his/her attraction to a music form more concerned with meaning than many other forms, is likely to be a thinker of sorts, and perhaps to self-select to those who do not kowtow to trend. The folkie, in short, is more likely to reject the symbols of the repression our visiting lover of convenience foods seems to embrace.