Who made the decision that women wear skirts and men wear pants?
gassniffer asked:
I think women came up with the men wear pants and women wear skirts …..So why did they change it to women wear what they please and men must continue to wear Pants…even though men have something that interfers with pants is this Ideal?
January 30th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
fashion evolution.
no one knows. it’s just a tradition. maybe because of a man wore a skirt his legs would look awful in it because of all the hair.
February 1st, 2009 at 7:03 pm
It’s the natural balance. Duh!
February 4th, 2009 at 10:39 pm
A very, very wise person. Picture Geogre Clooney in a silk Versace gown, and Scarlt Johanssen in a man’s tux, and tell me which makes more sense???
February 10th, 2009 at 1:48 am
Girls aren’t typically embarassed to be like guys in some way, But guys pretty much won’t do anything girly. So girls wouldn’t be embarassed to wear pants (a guy thing) but guys would be embarassed to wear girl clothes like a skirt.
Since men are traditionally seen as the higher and more dominant *** it would be a step down for them to act like a woman, but its a step up and therefore not as embarassing for a girl to act like a guy.
I’m not saying the gender difference is good, but that’s the facts of how things have been historically.
Besides, skirts are soo **** therefore men want women to be the ones wearing them.
February 13th, 2009 at 1:12 pm
Look at history, the original English who came to America dressed kind if Frilly. I think once they got into exploring and all of the rough life they decided to wear pants to protect their legs etc. Women wear pants to be comfortable and so did they. Men do wear dresses if they cross dress.
February 16th, 2009 at 7:40 am
A few hundred years ago, no-one wore pants. At the time they started to wear pant, women were assumed to stay at home and be elegant, and wore big and complicated gowns. Traditional *** roles were then very much manifested in the dresses.
During the eighteen hundreds the, dresses had to allow more freedom of movement, so women could work in factories. The link between stock market and length of skirts reflects this: When labor force were limited, women had to step in, and needed clothes that allowed them to work. Still the manifestation of the difference between the sexes was important.
Today this manifestation is established, but no longer mandatory. I use it as a way to show that I am a woman, and I am very happy that such a unambiguous signal still exists. Obviously the majority agrees with me, if not there should be no reason why it has not become normal for men to wear skirts today.