The sociology of bowties

One of the lovely sartorial trends of D.C. is the current popularity of bowties for men. I see them everywhere—on the subway, at the office, on the street, at restaurants—and there are so many of them, no one notices when someone's in a bowtie.

I wore a bowtie this morning for church. And, I made a very interesting sociological observation. At the R.C. parish, the church was absolutely packed, with probably well over a hundred people standing, and, now that I think about it, I think I was the only man in the whole church wearing a bowtie. When I went to the Episcopal parish, which is a significantly smaller church and probably had half the attendance or less, I think I saw easily two dozen bowties. Hmm. What does this mean?