okay I’d like all of you to stand up and
take out your phones now put your phone
in your front pocket if you don’t have a
smartphone see if you can borrow your
neighbor’s when they’re done make sure
that none of your phone is sticking out
the top of your pocket and make sure
that it couldn’t easily slip and fall
out if you were walking if you can
honestly put your phone in your front
if you’re like me and your pockets are
way too small to fit your phone or if
you just don’t have front pockets stay
standing all right let’s take a look
around
notice anything I’ll take a wild guess
and say that those of you who remain
standing are probably wearing clothes
designed for women and when you think
about it your small pockets presents
several annoying issues on a day-to-day
basis all right you can sit down now why
why are women’s pockets so much smaller
than men’s clothing determines so much
of how other people view us so it only
makes sense that discrimination presents
itself in the fashion industry as it has
in so many other aspects of human life
you’ll notice that although these girls
pockets could go down farther they just
don’t historically speaking clothing has
shaped people for centuries quite
literally in some cases things like
corsets and foot binding have forced
women to sacrifice comfort for beauty
sometimes seriously threatening their
health and there was never an apparent
male equivalent in the age of course
it’s women would have fainting rooms and
benches in their homes to pass out on
because their organs were so messed up
however pockets were a staple for the
women of this era beautifully decorated
gigantic Saxa fabric were tied under
women’s dresses they would carry
everything in there a sewing kit a book
lunch and so much more what happened to
this pocketful utopia the style of the
dress has changed dresses began being
modeled after Greek goddesses and the
figure of the popular European dress
changed entirely moving from dresses
that accentuated an hourglass figure to
dresses that were much more vertical and
slimming pockets in women’s fashion
completely vanished and they didn’t
reappear until World War 1 on the home
front many many women were taking men’s
jobs to help keep the country going and
this was work that simply couldn’t be
done in dress
and skirts so women started wearing
men’s pants and fashion changed forever
many people argued against women being
able to wear pants out in public
eventually the fashion industry stepped
in to make sure that the pants that
women women women were wearing were a
lot more feminine and their idea of
femininity of course included very small
pockets but even wearing these pants was
frowned upon by many even as recently as
1993 when female senators led by Barbara
Mikulski wore pants suits on the Senate
floor receiving what one referred to as
audible gasps from male members of the
Senate now this event is referred to as
the pantsuit rebellion pants and shorts
are staples in my everyday outfits
because they are functional comfortable
and they make riding my bike a whole lot
less awkward the only problem is the
lack of pockets I think we can all agree
that the purpose of clothing is to be
functional but small pockets are not
functional I need to carry my phone
wallet and keys around with me on a
daily basis and the fact is that I can’t
with the pockets that I have now what a
lot of you may be thinking is girls have
purses to carry their stuff in and it’s
way more stuff than guys carry around
and you’d be right this is due to an
interesting social phenomenon I refer to
as the purse effect I’ve even created a
healthful visual you see when someone
has a purse they tend to add an excess
amount of items they definitely do not
need because simply they can fit in the
purse in my mom’s purse for example you
might find a barely used comb four to
five pens all of last year’s parking
tickets a pack of gum may be from the
nineties and the list goes on with
pockets you have to clean them out each
night forcing you to get rid of the non
essentials with a purse cleaning it out
is a whole afternoon pockets take
cake and it’s not like women are excited
about pockets we are
have you ever discovered that a dress
has pockets
that’s the best feeling in the world now
I am aware I look like I’m ten but I’m
actually a teenager and I’ve spoken to
several of my female peers and friends
who agree that having bigger pockets
would eliminate their need for a purse
entirely I also talked to my little
sister Sam I asked her if she would like
to have big pockets she said no she said
that when you put stuff in your pockets
it is very visible to other people
creating something she referred to as
bulk okay here’s the deal
she’s right having big pockets on the
kinds of shorts and pants that Xan wears
would look a little off considering that
she wears exclusively little girls
stretchy pants but with things like
jeans khakis sweatpants and pant suits
having big pockets would help to resolve
this issue life is not a yoga class
which is something my little sister has
yet to understand and women’s pockets
don’t have to be just for decoration
speaking of things just for decoration
let’s all take a moment to reflect on
fake pockets truly fashions greatest
tragedy for those of you unfamiliar with
the horror this is a fake pocket it
looks like a pocket it probably smells
like a pocket but it’s not it is sewn
shut why would a clothing manufacturer
go to the trouble of adding extra
material and stitches to pants just to
make it look like there’s a pocket to me
that is absolutely ridiculous even a
very small amount of pocket is better
on the internet you can find tutorials
of how to turn your fake pocket into a
real one
these shouldn’t need to exist do men
have to deal with fake pockets no how
much does a pocket cost to make
certainly not as much as a purse just
make the pockets real now believe it or
not there are some pants out there with
decent sized pockets for women so girls
the next time you go to the store
instead of breaking the bank on a purse
look around find the pockets use them
and if there aren’t any women’s pants
with decent sized pockets in that store
take your business elsewhere write a
letter to the management if need be buy
some little boys jeans but don’t settle
for pockets that can’t keep up with you
so if you were left standing at the
beginning of my speech take a second to
think about your fashion choices could
you dress as well as you do now with
pants that have decent sized pockets I
think so we are women that matter so we
you [Music]
take out your phones now put your phone
in your front pocket if you don’t have a
smartphone see if you can borrow your
neighbor’s when they’re done make sure
that none of your phone is sticking out
the top of your pocket and make sure
that it couldn’t easily slip and fall
out if you were walking if you can
honestly put your phone in your front
if you’re like me and your pockets are
way too small to fit your phone or if
you just don’t have front pockets stay
standing all right let’s take a look
around
notice anything I’ll take a wild guess
and say that those of you who remain
standing are probably wearing clothes
designed for women and when you think
about it your small pockets presents
several annoying issues on a day-to-day
basis all right you can sit down now why
why are women’s pockets so much smaller
than men’s clothing determines so much
of how other people view us so it only
makes sense that discrimination presents
itself in the fashion industry as it has
in so many other aspects of human life
you’ll notice that although these girls
pockets could go down farther they just
don’t historically speaking clothing has
shaped people for centuries quite
literally in some cases things like
corsets and foot binding have forced
women to sacrifice comfort for beauty
sometimes seriously threatening their
health and there was never an apparent
male equivalent in the age of course
it’s women would have fainting rooms and
benches in their homes to pass out on
because their organs were so messed up
however pockets were a staple for the
women of this era beautifully decorated
gigantic Saxa fabric were tied under
women’s dresses they would carry
everything in there a sewing kit a book
lunch and so much more what happened to
this pocketful utopia the style of the
dress has changed dresses began being
modeled after Greek goddesses and the
figure of the popular European dress
changed entirely moving from dresses
that accentuated an hourglass figure to
dresses that were much more vertical and
slimming pockets in women’s fashion
completely vanished and they didn’t
reappear until World War 1 on the home
front many many women were taking men’s
jobs to help keep the country going and
this was work that simply couldn’t be
done in dress
and skirts so women started wearing
men’s pants and fashion changed forever
many people argued against women being
able to wear pants out in public
eventually the fashion industry stepped
in to make sure that the pants that
women women women were wearing were a
lot more feminine and their idea of
femininity of course included very small
pockets but even wearing these pants was
frowned upon by many even as recently as
1993 when female senators led by Barbara
Mikulski wore pants suits on the Senate
floor receiving what one referred to as
audible gasps from male members of the
Senate now this event is referred to as
the pantsuit rebellion pants and shorts
are staples in my everyday outfits
because they are functional comfortable
and they make riding my bike a whole lot
less awkward the only problem is the
lack of pockets I think we can all agree
that the purpose of clothing is to be
functional but small pockets are not
functional I need to carry my phone
wallet and keys around with me on a
daily basis and the fact is that I can’t
with the pockets that I have now what a
lot of you may be thinking is girls have
purses to carry their stuff in and it’s
way more stuff than guys carry around
and you’d be right this is due to an
interesting social phenomenon I refer to
as the purse effect I’ve even created a
healthful visual you see when someone
has a purse they tend to add an excess
amount of items they definitely do not
need because simply they can fit in the
purse in my mom’s purse for example you
might find a barely used comb four to
five pens all of last year’s parking
tickets a pack of gum may be from the
nineties and the list goes on with
pockets you have to clean them out each
night forcing you to get rid of the non
essentials with a purse cleaning it out
is a whole afternoon pockets take
cake and it’s not like women are excited
about pockets we are
have you ever discovered that a dress
has pockets
that’s the best feeling in the world now
I am aware I look like I’m ten but I’m
actually a teenager and I’ve spoken to
several of my female peers and friends
who agree that having bigger pockets
would eliminate their need for a purse
entirely I also talked to my little
sister Sam I asked her if she would like
to have big pockets she said no she said
that when you put stuff in your pockets
it is very visible to other people
creating something she referred to as
bulk okay here’s the deal
she’s right having big pockets on the
kinds of shorts and pants that Xan wears
would look a little off considering that
she wears exclusively little girls
stretchy pants but with things like
jeans khakis sweatpants and pant suits
having big pockets would help to resolve
this issue life is not a yoga class
which is something my little sister has
yet to understand and women’s pockets
don’t have to be just for decoration
speaking of things just for decoration
let’s all take a moment to reflect on
fake pockets truly fashions greatest
tragedy for those of you unfamiliar with
the horror this is a fake pocket it
looks like a pocket it probably smells
like a pocket but it’s not it is sewn
shut why would a clothing manufacturer
go to the trouble of adding extra
material and stitches to pants just to
make it look like there’s a pocket to me
that is absolutely ridiculous even a
very small amount of pocket is better
on the internet you can find tutorials
of how to turn your fake pocket into a
real one
these shouldn’t need to exist do men
have to deal with fake pockets no how
much does a pocket cost to make
certainly not as much as a purse just
make the pockets real now believe it or
not there are some pants out there with
decent sized pockets for women so girls
the next time you go to the store
instead of breaking the bank on a purse
look around find the pockets use them
and if there aren’t any women’s pants
with decent sized pockets in that store
take your business elsewhere write a
letter to the management if need be buy
some little boys jeans but don’t settle
for pockets that can’t keep up with you
so if you were left standing at the
beginning of my speech take a second to
think about your fashion choices could
you dress as well as you do now with
pants that have decent sized pockets I
think so we are women that matter so we
you [Music]
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