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WhiteTara

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11. our pockets were sewn shut when women were trying to

Reply to Jilly_in_VA (Original post)

Mon Dec 11, 2023, 10:32 PM

Dec 2023

get the vote. Pockets were removed so that women couldn't carry subversive materials.

Of course in the 60s they said it was about our sex appeal. Women had just learned they could enjoy sex, so they said, okay, I want to be sexy, so no pockets.

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'Wouldn't it make life easier?': the growing campaign for pockets on women's clothes [View all] Jilly_in_VA Sep 2023 OP

Bimboebert could store her vaping paraphernalia and handjob lotion more conveniently Blue Owl Sep 2023 #1

Cargo shorts. N/t. multigraincracker Sep 2023 #2

Yes. Must have pockets even in my pajamas. Polly Hennessey Sep 2023 #3

They try to take them out of men's clothes bucolic_frolic Sep 2023 #4

Not to mention Jilly_in_VA Sep 2023 #5

Must have pockets... 2naSalit Sep 2023 #6

No. 1 reason why all of my jeans, skorts, etc. come from Duluth Trading zeusdogmom Sep 2023 #7

Pockets are one of the necessities of life Bayard Sep 2023 #8

Another sewer here chowmama Nov 2023 #9

I just go a size down Jilly_in_VA Nov 2023 #10

our pockets were sewn shut when women were trying to WhiteTara Dec 2023 #11