clothing was re male female mystery re dumbest automotive in article pima inn gap caltech edu wen king cs caltech edu wen king su writes this has me thinking is there a biological reason why women can t put their keys in their pants pockets like men do i have two pockets on the back of each of my pants i put my keys in one and wallent in another many of the pockets even have a botton on them so i can close them securely everything is that much simpler for me why can t women do the same is is biological ie not enough room for a bigger bottom plus keys and a wallet or is it the way they are raised by the parents oh pulleeze it s not biology at all it s clothing design women s clothing is generally designed to be as non functional as possible it s only been in the last five years or so that you could buy women s pants with pockets deep enough to carry anything in previously deep pockets were virtually unknown in women s clothing skirts generally have better pockets now too dresses espcially fancy dresses are still pretty hopeless i often hand my driver s license over to my husband if we re dressed up to go out somewhere so i don t have to be encumbered by a purse if women consistently bought functional clothing and boycotted the manufacturers who refuse to make functional women s clothing i think manufacturers would tend to bow to market pressures there s an interesting chapter in susan faludi s backlash that described what happened the last time clothing manufacturers ignored the need for functional women s clothing the manufactuing industry lost millions from a woman who would rather buy men s clothing with decent pockets and long legs and high waists than women s clothing without lmann jjmhome uucp internet laurie mann genie claiming that sex education leads to irresponsible sex is like claiming that driver education leads to car accidents
