Aesthetics like office siren are criticized for not having any subculture around it. This is a thought experiment on what office siren would be like if it had a subculture around it.
- The trope is clearly a play on a femme fatale trope, most evident in its name: a siren is known for being a seducers who are attractive yet dangerous. It's a double-edged sword, where it can either be used for misogyny or feminist reclamation. The office siren could fit the former more.
- A critique of office siren is how it makes women look at office jobs, office clothing, and office women. Particularly that office women are sexual smooth talkers. This is an offensive stereotype.
- There is no way you'd be hired for a job in office siren garb, particularly with a skirt too short and a shirt buttoned too low. Despite not being pornographic, it's not safe for work. This could be intentional, a purposeful rebellion against corporate life and its blandness.
- Similar to balletcore, office siren is a common aesthetic for people who don't have office jobs. Some might even hate corporate jobs and just want to wear suits for fun, or reclamation of an opressive job category.
- One of the biggest icons of the office siren aesthetic, to the point of giving an alternative name to rectangle glasses, is Bayonetta.
- Office sirens can be seen as caring to the women around them. Almost like a mother figure or the eldest sister.
- Really good at finance and math.
Idk the biggest problem is that it's entrenched in capitalism and its politics are probably vague girlboss feminism Democrat-but they have no idea about their own political opinion on economics.
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