5. The curious case of Percy Pig and the missing pocket
Visible Women with Caroline Criado Perez
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Why Should Women Have Pockets in Their Pajamas?
Women pay as much for their clothes as men do. So why should we have to put up with less functionality? It also says a lot about how women are viewed by society, like all that matters to her is how her clothes look. And especially since the advent of phones, which we carry everywhere with us, even around the house. Not having pockets is just really incredibly annoying. Although, let me assure you, this is not just a modern phenomenon. I recently discovered that there is a long and illustrious history of women complaining about the lack of pockets in their clothes. The American suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton wrote a series of articles on the Great Gender Pocket Gap,. starting in 1895
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