485 upvotes, 51 direct replies (showing 25)
View submission: What's something you never understood about the opposite gender?
How women just accept not having usable pockets. It seems like it should have been a self correcting issue but I guess women just want to carry their phones in their hands everywhere.
Comment by jensmith20055002 at 08/03/2025 at 18:27 UTC
443 upvotes, 5 direct replies
WE HATE IT! I want pockets. It’s why I often wear my scrub pants on my days off.
Comment by GladysSchwartz23 at 08/03/2025 at 18:45 UTC
225 upvotes, 4 direct replies
I do not accept this. Nor do many other women, to the point at which there is a call and response routine familiar to nearly all of us:
"I love your dress/skirt." "Thanks! It's got POCKETS!"
Comment by a-la-grenade at 08/03/2025 at 19:24 UTC
118 upvotes, 5 direct replies
I once heard a girl say she didn't want anything in her pockets because it would mess up her "silhouette." And honestly I think that's one of the societal image pressures put on women to look perfect at all times - you can't see the perfect curves of her body if her pockets are full of stuff that ruin the lines!
Comment by squidz3n at 08/03/2025 at 19:17 UTC
30 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Nah, I wear men's pants. Or cargos.
Comment by swollama at 08/03/2025 at 18:47 UTC
102 upvotes, 3 direct replies
Where did you get the idea that we "just accept it"?
Comment by bearatrooper at 08/03/2025 at 18:53 UTC
70 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Women's clothes lack pockets because the fashion industry needs to sell them purses and bags, too. As with every modern woe, capitalism is to blame.
Comment by 3lizalot at 08/03/2025 at 20:21 UTC
8 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Pants with decent pockets are hard to find and can be more expensive. We don't decide what clothes are made and sold, we just have to do our best with what is available, and pockets aren't.
Comment by ChanelNo50 at 08/03/2025 at 20:19 UTC
5 upvotes, 0 direct replies
We don't accept it at all. The biggest feature on my wedding dress was the pockets
Comment by Photon6626 at 08/03/2025 at 18:57 UTC
8 upvotes, 1 direct replies
You'd think a woman would make a business out of making fashionable clothes with pockets
Comment by Toffee963 at 08/03/2025 at 19:19 UTC
4 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I DON’T!! Having no pockets is sooo annoying!!!
Comment by Typical_Nebula3227 at 08/03/2025 at 21:47 UTC
4 upvotes, 0 direct replies
The majority of us don’t have the ability to change the situation, or make our own clothes.
Comment by AnxietyDrivenWriter at 08/03/2025 at 21:08 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Well, we do complain all the time about them so…
Comment by madonnajen at 08/03/2025 at 20:06 UTC
5 upvotes, 0 direct replies
We *have* to accept it, but that doesn't mean we prefer it. If a dress has pockets, I *garuntee* when someone comments on said dress, the 1st thing she'll say is, "It has pockets!"
Comment by GlowUpper at 08/03/2025 at 21:17 UTC
6 upvotes, 1 direct replies
We have not accepted this. We're not the one making the pants that are available in our size and if we were the ones making them, they would have pockets.
Comment by itchy-and-scratch at 08/03/2025 at 18:39 UTC
17 upvotes, 4 direct replies
that issue will never be solved unless women make it a red line issue. they complain about pockets but still buy without them so no reason to change anything.
i have returned clothes and refused to buy them because of bad pockets. no pockets makes the trousers useless to me . why would i want trousers that i can only wear going somewhere that i know i will not need to bring anything with me or back. that never happens
Comment by WasabiHobbit at 08/03/2025 at 18:48 UTC
12 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I have a theory! If women had appropriate pockets, there would be no need for purses, including overpriced designer purses at that. Big Purse and Big Fashion are in cahoots! Lol.
Comment by TheMildOnes34 at 08/03/2025 at 20:45 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I have a very recent story about just this thing. I bought myself a pair of baggy light washed jeans for my birthday this year. I do a very physical job so it's rare for me to wear anything but yoga pants in the day to day but they were so cute.
I wore them once and washed them, my 15 year old son (6'tall and very thin) found them in the clean clothes pile and assumed they were his. We got all the way to school and he went to stick his phone in his pocket before exiting the car and it wouldn't fit. "Why doesn't my phone fit in the pocket of my new jeans? Why is this pocket so small??......" and the moment of realizations hits us both. MOM AM I WEARING YOUR JEANS?!?
yes, yes he was and he only realized because the pockets were worthless.
Comment by myshadowsvoice at 08/03/2025 at 22:25 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Tbh, every female Ive been with hates it but unless you make your own clothes apparently its a weird society standard.
Comment by 2pnt0 at 09/03/2025 at 07:55 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
As a man, we just had our first 50 degree day and I decided to wear a flannel rather than a jacket on a walk to the market. I got so used to a winter coat and was so frustrated everytime I went to put my hands in my pockets and had none!
I still had breast pockets, and front jean pockets, and but pockets, but not my coat pockets. I felt so awkward and lost.
How do people get by with literally 0 pockets?
Comment by coconut-gal at 08/03/2025 at 20:53 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Are you trolling?
Comment by Halospite at 08/03/2025 at 23:32 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
We don't, but every time we complain a man comes up to us and tells us that we don't actually want pockets because it ruins our silhouettes.
I'm not joking, this happens to me every single time I complain about it on Reddit. Naturally I get downvoted for being pissed off and the man gets really mad I called him a mansplainer.
Comment by No-Boat5643 at 08/03/2025 at 19:09 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Women should quit buying women's clothing. Mens wear has tons of pockets
Comment by LorenzoStomp at 08/03/2025 at 19:36 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
The first thing I do when I see a pair I like is try to put my phone in the front pocket. If it doesn't fit I move on.
Comment by nowherenoonenobody at 08/03/2025 at 19:44 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
They have a purse.
Comment by Major-Tomato9191 at 08/03/2025 at 20:52 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I only buy pants with usable pockets. Which leaves basically work out tights. So when men bitch that we only wear those, there's a reason, WE WANT POCKETS!