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  3. Wholly aside from aesthetic and moral considerations, fashion is an economic absurdity, and there is little to be said in its fa

Wholly aside from aesthetic and moral considerations, fashion is an economic absurdity, and there is little to be said in its fa

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问题     Wholly aside from aesthetic and moral considerations, fashion is an economic absurdity, and
there is little to be said in its favor. Nevertheless, we Carl appreciate the wisdom in Gina Sombrero’s belief that the enormous stress which women lay on everything pertaining to clothes and the art of personal adornment is connected with the tendency to crystallize sentiment into an object. Woman symbolizes every important event in her life by a special dress; and a jewel or a beautiful gown means to a woman what an official decoration means to a man.
    "If a woman’s clothes cost the funnily and society a little time, money, and activity, they allow woman, independent of lies and calumnies, to triumph and come to the fore outside of man’s world and competition. They allow woman to satisfy her desire to be the first in the most varied fields by giving her the illusion that she is first, and at the same time enabling her rival to have the same illusion. Clothes absorb some of woman’s activity which might otherwise be diverted to more or less worth-while ends;  they give woman real satisfaction,  a satisfaction complete in itself,  and independent of others, and they constitute safety valve which saves society from much greater and more dangerous evils than those which they cause."
    The aptness of these observations lies in the emphasis on clothes which are really beautiful and distinctive. But fashion is not primarily concerned with beauty; and fashion connotes conformity, not the individuality so cherished by our society and so artfully suggested by the copywriters. Many people who rigorously follow fashions believe they are following their own inclinations; they are unaware of the primitive, tribal compulsion; and this is true of fashions in manners, morals and literature, as well as in clothes.  
According to the article, woman’s absorption in clothes______.
选项 A、constitutes a great danger to society
B、indirectly discourages participation in more worth-while projects
C、saves society from more dangerous evils than those it causes
D、is the only satisfaction a woman gets out of life
答案C
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