Poll: Purse vs. Bag

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becca informs me that no one calls purses purses anymore. They're bags. I don't like the word. Why be generic? Bag makes me think of those flimsy plastic numbers I get too many of at the grocery store. There are gas bags, bags of bones, and bags under the eyes, none of which you really want to think about. Now a purse, that has strings that control the money. A purse makes me think of lux leather or rich fabric holding all the brick-a-brac I carry to arm myself for the day.I worry that bag is an attempt to be gender neutral. But I don't think you're being gender neutral if a term and its perceived femininity is all that would keep a man from purchasing your product. It's not like carrying something is nonsensical for men considering all the tech an such people have on them now.

poll by twiigs.com

Comments

Rebecca Clairine said…
i L.O.V.E bag :D

xoxo,
Rebecca
http://rebeccaclch.blogspot.com
March 9, 2011 at 9:34 AM
Catie D. said…
When I was younger, I called it a bag to dispell rumors that I was actually a girl. Now though, a purse is something I use if I am dressing up and/or attending some sort of fancy...thing.

A bag is an everyday purse, or a canvas bag (or a laptop bag).

=D
March 9, 2011 at 10:02 AM
Susanelle said…
I like both words, and maybe this is just my own interpretation, but I think of a "purse" as a more formal and structured handbag -- something you'd carry to a dressy event -- and I think of a "bag" as one of those large, slouchy, unstructured things we all carry the rest of the time. I can't look at my giant turquoise bowling-bag-style bag and think of it as a "purse"... it would feel like calling a sandwich a "repast."
March 9, 2011 at 11:32 AM
Fanya said…
So this might be silly, but purse in my mind is something smaller than a bag. My definition of a purse is a small bag that women carries (when it can fit your laptop in it, it stops being a purse and start being a bag), and a bag is something that can at least fit a notebook that BOTH gender can carry.
March 9, 2011 at 2:58 PM
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