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Leggings are pants.

This debate has been ongoing for some time now but I am here to set the record straight. Leggings are not only pants, but they are also the greatest kind of pants a girl (or a guy – you do you) can have the pleasure of sporting.

Webster Dictionary defines pants as a garment shaped to cover the body from the waist to the ankles or knees with separate tube-shaped sections for both legs. Refer to the image at the top, but I would say leggings meet that definition pretty well.

In case you aren't convinced, here are 10 SOLID reasons to argue that leggings are, in fact, pants.

1. Okay. Let's talk about the alternatives first. If leggings weren’t pants we would all be walking around in skinny jeans.Skinny jeans are basically uncomfortable leggings. They take the same shape and hug our bodies the same way while also preventing you from doing anything productive (ex. Bending over, jumping, being happy).
2. Alternative Number 2. Sweatpants.Now don’t get me wrong, sweatpants are a great thing, but, they should be for lounging around, napping, doing the dishes. Although I wish I could wear them all the time, sweatpants instead of leggings is just sloppy, and nobody wants to be sloppy.
3. None of this:
4. They are so versatile! Rock them at work or at the gym! Black leggings go with everything!Leggings seem to work for (almost every) occasion!
5. Let's face it; your butt has never looked better!
6. No buttons, no zippers, no problems!
7. Due to no buttons or zippers, you can eat as much as you want!! (This is super convenient as the holiday season rolls around)
8. They were basically made for sleepovers: wear leggings there, sleep in them, return home – nobody will even know!
9. If Audrey Hepburn and Beyoncé can rock them, so can you!
10. 10. You do you! If you wanna rock those leggings as pants, nobody can stop you! Cause you look fierce!!