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Women are supposed to be objects to admire, and aren't allowed to have functional clothing as a result. Didn't you know that?
Also, purse sales would suffer.
Women's pants should have cargo pockets big enough to fit any grandmother's purse. If some of my pants pockets can go up to my elbows (not even exaggerating, it's an embarrassing pain to fish my keys out of those pockets), then women should be able to lose their wristwatch in a cavernous pocket.
Anecdote: Sometimes my wife carries a pair of ankle-high socks in her purse, in case we're gonna have to take our shoes off or whatever. This sometimes requires reorganizing her bag. When she's told me to take an extra pair of socks, of which I only have knee-high compression socks, I just match a pair, fold them, and stick them in one of my four available pockets on any of my pants. I do not have a single set of pants incapable of holding a week's worth of knee-high compression socks.
Oh, I absolutely agree with you. I was being super sarcastic with my above comment. Foolish cultural preconceptions hinder us all. Edit to add that cargo pants with side pockets are the bomb.
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Could it be because women keep buying them? I’ve never seen my mother wear pants without pockets, and when she bought a new jacket, the amount and placement of pockets was the first thing on her mind.
Only now I realize the significance of that. But still. How hard is it to not buy pocketless apparel?
How hard is it to buy pocketless apparel?
It’s actually a lot harder than you think because most women’s clothing do not have proper pockets.
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Because women still mostly buy jeans without pockets. There isn't a strong enough financial incentive for manufacturers to add pockets to womens jeans.
If you want to change it then start buying jeans with pockets, easily available online.
As someone who wore men's jeans and now wears women's... even women's jeans with pockets have ridiculously small pockets compared to men's. It's really not just a matter of choice, because a majority of the choices just don't exist.
My Ex had a pair of slacks that had "fake pockets" on it. She would complain literally every time she wore them. One day, it dawned on me that nicer pants and coats for men, sometimes had pockets sewed shut loosely to keep them looking nice in the store (i think that's the reason anyways). So, I asked her if it was sewn shut, and it was. She was mad at me for not telling her sooner.
Unless it has a lining, you should be able to determine whether the pockets are real or fake by checking the inner side.
She, unfortunately, wasn't that bright.
The one place I want to have pockets is at the bar. I'm fine with carrying everything in a little sack, but the second I've been drinking I can't keep track of things that aren't attached to me.
I bought a skirt recently, it had two cute little front pockets. I was excited only to discover they were fake.
In full seriousness, one of my green lights for a relationship is someone who values functional pockets in clothing and other practicalities.
Protip - check out trousers made for rock climbing. Good pockets, full range of motion, tough material that lasts, pretty colours :-)
Today when I emptied my pockets I had 3 zip lock sandwich bags, a roll of soft Velcro, a roll of scratchy Velcro, multiple hair bands, compression gloves, and miscellaneous paper trash I forgot to toss. They weren’t event half full. My kids have started copying me and walking around with their hands in their pockets which I do just because of the joy of having them. I wish all my pants were like my scrubs. Sigh.
Went to a clothes shop in Tenerife.
Unable to speak the lingo, the missus picked up a pair of jeans off a shelf.
"Are these for men or women, I can't tell?"
I put my hand in the pocket. It stopped about 2cm in.
"These are women's jeans"
Meanwhile, I can fit a full size Nintendo Switch in my cargo shorts pocket.
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I once read a post by an Etsy clothes-maker complaining that pants with pockets were her worst-selling items. Maybe that's why?
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