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[quote=Anonymous]I think women who say they want pockets actually want pockets. I don't think women are lying about this.

I also don't think it's a purposeful conspiracy to deprive women of pockets. As others have said, the main reasons women clothes don't have pocket is aesthetics (form fitting clothes for which pockets would add bulk) or production cost (women consume a lot more "fast fashion" than men, and also tend to buy/have more clothing generally, so a lot of women clothes are manufactured cheaply and pockets are an easy step to eliminate to keep production costs low).

However, I do think the absence of pockets on a lot of women's clothing reflects "patriarchy" and ways in which women's needs as regular human beings aren't met.

For instance, WHY are women's clothes generally more form-fitting than men's? Why would a woman worry about whether pockets on clothes "add bulk" when a man might not care as much? Well, inequitable standards of appearance, for starters. Women are encouraged to wear clothes that show their figure and clothes that don't are derided as insufficiently flattering or feminine. Women are told to never, ever, add excess bulk to their silhouette, even in the name of practicality or comfort. Thus, the way men dress feels off limits for many women, but especially heterosexual women in their 20s and 30s, because this is the group most concerned about looking attractive to heterosexual men, and thus may find themselves buying clothes that don't have pockets, even though pockets are useful, because they fear it will make them look unattractive and they want to find a mate.

So it's not a conspiracy and yes, clothing manufacturers are responding to market demands. BUT those market demands don't always reflect what women actually want or find comfortable or would wear if they had true freedom to dress how they wanted to and not how the men they are hoping to attract so that they can get married and have children want them to dress. For instance, I am in my 40s, married and already have kids, and I have no trouble finding clothes with pockets. But I also wear roomier clothes now. Middle aged mom clothes. I am comfortable and I have somewhere to put my phone. But I'm also often reminded that this means I'm no longer attractive to a lot of men. I'm okay with that (honestly, it's welcome) but it can be a weird transition after being told for decades that being attractive to that group of people is the most important thing. Which is why for years I wore a lot of clothes without pockets and also resented it.[/quote]

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