Why is it that people or the general public think that wearing a bowtie is dorky or geeky?

It's 2007, that's why.

Walk around with an ascot... or, better... a white wig that was rocked by Washington, Jefferson etc. and you'll get similar reactions. Winston Churchill (although his mom was from Brooklyn NY, and gets a major pass) wasn't about a bow-tie for fashion/image, and this was 50 years ago you're talking about. A man of that stature/accomplishment can wear anything he wants, anyhow, and he makes his clothes and not the other way around.

A bow-tie is more of a nerdy image, now... as you can see by the men wearing them over the last few years. Unless it's for formal, black tie events -- and unless you SELL these for a living... snap out of it. Many men simply look like bookworm geeks, when they dorn the bowtie (like Al Franken, etc.) -- and some WANT to appear as that, to clean some sort of intelligent image with the bowtie (like that goofball that saps $$ off Puffy or P-Diddy or whatever the dimwit calls himself today).

A good bowtie worn properly is elegant and attractive, but bowties are old fashioned if worn outside of an extremely formal event. Because they're associated with old people and formality it's no wonder that they are seen as dorky and stuffy. By the way, the bowtie shown in your avatar would be considered dorky at any point in history, even back when bowties were popular accessories. Unless you are willing to stick to your guns at the expense of repelling every woman in your vicinity, I suggest that you start wearing dark colored bowties and only on special occasions.

Because of Paul Rubens(Pee-Wee Herman) and Jaleel White(Steve Urkel) and also the common attire of every nerd, dweeb and dork in the movies and television, they have made the Bowtie a symbol for DORK personafied..

the only form of person that i'd have a undertaking with are people who think of nerdy, dorky or geeky everyone seems to be some how much less then. i think of that those form of human beings are surely those that are the best.

bowties can be quite fashionable, if worn correctly. that's not to say that anyone with a bowtie automatically looks classy, though. it must be pulled off just right.

It's considered old-fashioned, is all.

Personally I want bowler hats to make a comeback on men. Men in hats look sharp. In fact, I would like men to dress up again. Lose the baggy jeans! Wear a suit! Make an effort to look good without looking pretty!

Well, if you think back to movies and TV - such as "The Odd Couple", that's what's been portrayed. It's an established stereotype.

because most people are extremely stereotypical.

-welcome to the 21st century.

it's not always the best.

hun, it is stereotyping. It is everywhere.

um, cause it is!