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To anyone visiting from a place distant from Western society (say, some African tribesman that hasn’t met any westerners) quite a few articles of our modern clothing would look weird. This is understandable; many of the pieces of clothing that are worn in our society are in fact items without a purpose from a functional [...]

To someone coming for a visit from a place far from Western culture (say, some Australian tribesman that hasn’t met any westerners) much of our modern clothing would look odd. This is not illogical; many of the pieces of clothing that are worn in our society are in fact pointless from a functional perspective: what [...]