<p>TheDad: Haha. D is not mathy, but she is very assertive. She is also a dancer. Women’s colleges attract them; good dance departments and dance schools are usually so gendered. She chose Barnard, but she is very into her clothes, not make-up and fussing, but she wanted to be at a school where she could dress up and not be weird. Shopping is a major activity, at least window shopping is, in NYC. </p>
<p>She is dressing for herself and her friends. I’ve actually never dated anyone who really cared about my clothes and I doubt she has either. But the women have fun dressing for each other.</p>
<p>That said, most days are certainly jeans, but there are plenty of opportunities to dress.</p>
<p>Sorry for the hijack, but I can’t imagine a world that D lived in that wouldn’t include interest in clothes, even if panda bears were her only comrades.</p>