Comments | cvirtue: Women vs. Men vs. pockets

cvirtue

Women vs. Men vs. pockets

Jul 14, 2016 06:13

Women vs. Men vs. pockets: I've been trying to reduce my use of carrying vessels other than my own pockets. It's going moderately well, but now I notice other people burdening themselves more than I did formerly, especially MEN, who allegedly don't need to carry extra things in purses, satchels, totes, etc. on a regular basis ( Read more... )

sociology, gender

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various lauradi7 July 14 2016, 15:41:54 UTC

Erin McKean of the Dress a Day blog adds pockets to every dress she makes, as far as I can tell ( ... )

An observation made at a Steampunk convention. learnteach July 15 2016, 05:40:24 UTC

"Of course I love Steampunk clothes. They have pockets. And gewgaws"

clothsprogs July 15 2016, 06:01:36 UTC

Plus it's a great style so win-win

Teddy

clothsprogs July 15 2016, 06:01:13 UTC

I can manage with "just" pockets - especially if the shorts of the dy are cargo-style so I have a pocket big enough for the current fiction book to fit in (I don't do phones or tablets or on-screen leisure reading... {shudders at the thought}... so reducing book bulk by switchhing to an electronic reader isn't goign to happen... although I do switch to a clip on MP3 player and listen to audiobooks if I really want to reduce bulk and go bag-free-and pocket-light), but by preference I have a bag ( ... )

cvirtue July 15 2016, 20:51:31 UTC

I think I'm more sensitive to it as an aspect of Being A Woman. Women are expected to be burdened, and I resent it. Slightly. It's kind of like Women Are Expected To Wear Heels. Both are potentially maladaptive, and yet both are expected anyway.
Men don't have the expectation, so they do whatever they feel they want to.