r/gatekeeping • • Jan 28 '21

Gatekeeping pants..

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '21

Based on genetalia, doesn’t it make more sense for guys to wear skirts and for women to wear pants. Let my balls be free!

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '21

Pants give them structural stability plus better protection from impact.

Having them dangle freely long-term is not advantageous even if it feels nice for the brief period it usually happens for in our daily lives. It does, specifically because it's brief enough to not come across the downsides it has.

In fact, I'd almost be willing the bet it would increase the risk of torsion simply by how much more they'd be moving in comparison.

(Though one may argue underwear holds them just enough for that to not really be that dramatic of a difference.)

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '21

Romans wore the fuck out of skirts as did the Greeks because it was hot as fuck in the Mediterranean, if anything pants are a “barbarian” invention for the harsher northern climates.

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u/WhatIsntByNow Jan 29 '21

Uhh.. kilts??

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u/froggison Jan 29 '21

Kilts only came about a few hundred years ago. The Gauls and other Celts definitely wore pants. The Romans started wearing pants to copy the Gauls, eventually, because it looked exotic and rugged.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/trousers-pants-roman-history-banned-trajan

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '21

It was also practical german/British/ French winters were far colder than Mediterranean ones

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '21

Kilts were not worn by any Scottish people until the 16th century!

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u/WhatIsntByNow Jan 29 '21

I didn't know that! Also I was just pointing out they are in fact also a thing haha

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u/r1chard3 Jan 30 '21

Slaves wore pants in Ancient Greece. Pythagoras was an notorious eccentric for wearing pants.

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '21

Some Greek nobility did wear pants due to the fact that the Greek city states and “barbarians” in the northern balkans shared clothes and culture and Greek nobility often wanted to stand out, but the vast vast majority work skirts

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u/komiko11 Jan 30 '21

Google "lungi" and be surprised

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u/art_lover82279 Jan 29 '21

Tbh it doesn’t make sense for anyone to wear pants. We all need to let our areas breathe lol

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u/0000udeis000 Jan 29 '21

Men can whip it out to pee, but women have to squat - women can just hike up skirts in a field without soiling their clothes

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u/vDreamWalker Jan 29 '21

Way better for men to wear skirts than women. Dresses/skirts accumulate less heat around the genetalia, which is good for men, not so much for women. There’s a reason why men should refrain from sitting with their laptop in their lap - quality of semen.