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CrispyQ

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10. patriarchy-infested women

Reply to redqueen (Original post)

Tue Apr 15, 2014, 11:44 AM

Apr 2014

I shouldn't be surprised how many there are; they've been soaking in it since they were born. But I am.

"...which is orineted from the male gaze."
Turning into the male grope, evidently, from that other thread about young women accepting sexual violence as the norm.

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No, all middle school girls aren't wearing yoga pants to look sexy. [View all] redqueen Apr 2014 OP

This nails it for me JustAnotherGen Apr 2014 #1

Also affordability and lack of status/class markers. redqueen Apr 2014 #4

Wasn't there just a school banning these ismnotwasm Apr 2014 #2

Yep, it seems to be a popular trend. redqueen Apr 2014 #5

"Leggings" are skin tight and definitely not yoga pants. Divernan Apr 2014 #7

*sigh* ismnotwasm Apr 2014 #9

My wife has six pairs of yoga pants (yogii?) riqster Apr 2014 #3

Yeah, I think that is going to describe the majority of women. redqueen Apr 2014 #6

^^^THIS^^^ riqster Apr 2014 #8

When my wife is looking for comfort she usually buys sweatpants from the men's/boy's Revanchist Apr 2014 #14

Mine loves purses. So pockets aren't important to her. riqster Apr 2014 #15

patriarchy-infested women CrispyQ Apr 2014 #10

Exactly, we are all raised in it redqueen Apr 2014 #12

When I want to look sexy BainsBane Apr 2014 #11

Yeah, it's comfort that most of the teens I know are concerned with. redqueen Apr 2014 #13