The other week I discussed the woes of women’s professional clothing. Sadly, the stereotype on women’s clothing is not just limited to the professional world. This week, I am going to talk about women’s pockets, or rather the lack thereof.
Every woman knows what I’m talking about here. For some reason, the fashion industry thinks we are unworthy of pockets that could actually hold our things. The pockets they give us are often very shallow, unable to handle a single tube of lip-gloss, much less a smartphone. Phones just keeping bigger and bigger, and pockets keep getting smaller and smaller. I can’t tell you how many times my phone has ben half hanging out of my pockets and people tell me so. Yes, I know, but there’s really nothing I can do about it.
Most people would make the argument that women normally carry purses, so they don’t really need to use their pockets. But purses are expensive. Especially big ones. I have a small one, and it barely fits anything in it. So often enough, I rely on my boyfriend to hold things like my phone when I don’t have adequate pockets. We are often tricked, with pockets that look big, or pockets that look real but end up being fake. Fake pockets are just ridiculous and unnecessary, who would’ve thought of this nonsense? No one thinks, ‘hey, you know what would be really fashionable; things that look like pockets but then they aren’t!” Pockets aren’t a fashion accessory, they’re a necessity.
Meanwhile, while girls struggle with a lack of pocket space, men could fit a desert’s worth of sand into their pockets. This only makes sense; because of course men need the pocket room for their wallets, keys, and phones. Obviously, a woman has no need for any of these things, so they do not need the pocket space. Pockets are just another way for the fashion industry to reinforce sexism.
Driving is seen as a manly thing, something that women are stereotypically bad at. So, of course, they wouldn’t need to carry keys in their pockets. And of course all women have a ton of makeup, which is too much to carry in a pocket, so a purse is just easier. Newsflash; not all women need a purse to lug their extensive amount of makeup around.
It really is just unnecessary sexism. Much like the buttons I was complaining about the other week, making pockets bigger wouldn’t cost the fashion industry much more. I would gladly pay the extra money to avoid carrying my stuff everywhere and potentially dropping things. I have lost a lot of money and even cracked my phone a couple times because I didn’t have big enough pockets to safely put them in. It’s not only unfair, it’s unsafe. I think I speak for all women when I say, just give us the pockets.
