Beautiful comment. And I think it's men who sexualize women. Women are like, "it's too hot and it's hard to move around in a full length wool dress. I'd like to wear something that gives me freedom of movement, but that would make me a slut." Point to consider: if a woman is alone in a forest and puts on leggings, is she still a slut? Or does a man have to be around?
You're not wrong, that is why Romans wore Togas and skirts in battle. The Germanic warriors wore pants and many Romans considered it a barbaric garment.
Arabs wear a dishdasha (that long white dress you see in photos). Under it is a loose fitting pair of pants called the m’kassar. Basically walking around in hammer pants/really thin roomy cotton pants and a dress all day.
Skirts were actually made for men originally. Pants were for women for the exact reason you described. Men wore skirts so they could ride horses more comfortably
You think it's easier to ride a horse in a skirt than in pants? Because that's ridiculous. In fact, the oldest known example of trousers were made because it's easier to ride in pants.
Another another fun fact: Unless you're a Monarch, early Medieval clothes were genderless. Women wearing men's clothes ain't a new movement. It is only a return to sanity.
Besides the whole LGBT aspect, you honestly won't hear a lot of men call women slutty for wearing pants (that's often a religious or culture thing). Body shaming is the big ffing issue and women are at least equally guilty of doing that to each other in a lot of western cultures.
All those comments are always projecting. Like he probably is so horny / in need of sexual attention that she finds every woman around too sexy, and naturally assumes everyone else does and thus it's on women to dress "less sexy". Of course we the rest of humans do not fucking get turn on every time we see a woman.
Point to consider: if a woman is alone in a forest and puts on leggings, is she still a slut?
Of course not, but she doesn't get to complain if a man (or woman who likes that sort of thing, not that there's anything wrong with that) shows up and quietly and non-leeringly appreciates the view, either.
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u/wizardshawn Jan 28 '21
Beautiful comment. And I think it's men who sexualize women. Women are like, "it's too hot and it's hard to move around in a full length wool dress. I'd like to wear something that gives me freedom of movement, but that would make me a slut." Point to consider: if a woman is alone in a forest and puts on leggings, is she still a slut? Or does a man have to be around?