What are the wigs for anyway? Are they a means to make everyone looks similar, so differing individual appearance has less impact on the matters being spoken of? They also wear all wear similar robes, correct?
Facts should overrule anyone’s appearance.
I remember the judge in the Oscar Pistorius trial wearing a wig. She looked preposterous.
It began with the populace being stricken by lice and syphilis. They became fashionable when Louis XIV started wearing one, and now it’s just a persistent tradition.
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The Fascinating History Behind English Barristers Wearing Wigs
I think originally the wigs were to cover scalps shaved clean to avoid lice....