hey boy, your clothes are mine too..

this was my reflection for my LDV. i had just done it today and the due is tomorrow..

In an authentic article I had initially reread, I purposely chose this article since it coincide under the same topic ‘Gender and Society’ in ‘Social Studies’ which talks about gender difference. Understandably, the history of “pantsuit revolution” goes back to post-World War 1. During the time when men had to go to war, women are left to cover the working grounds that were usually dominated by the male workers. Thus, being practical-minded women, they had resolved to wear men’s garment since it aided the nature of the work and are absolutely more comfortable to wear compare to skirts. Obviously, this improvement brought some resistance force but they were the minorities that wanted to retain their good, modest culture. This is mainly because there are no other alternatives able to replace pants or overalls.

The article had been supportive towards the occurrence and steady revolution of women in wearing men’s apparel. I understand that what had been the reasons women where men’s clothes in the past and the basis on why women wear men’s apparel now had differ slightly. In the past, women wear pants for its practicality. However, women nowadays had added up a few more reasons to wear it such as to look sexy and professional and many other personal motives. I wear pants because they are decent and safe especially when and where many movements are concern. Despite the fact that pants is generally found in men’s wardrobe, and the simple word resonates masculinity, designers had manage to make pants look good on women by applying laces in a few places, colour them in pink or any girlish colour and change them into a softer material such as satin. This make-over had put pants in a new category: unisex.

Does men’s garb that women wear help in paving the way of deterioration to femininity? This question lay at the very foundation of the article. In my opinion, it did not. This is especially because of what the designers had done to alter the essence of masculinity in men’s attire for the benefit of women worldwide. Besides that, the reason that made up the entire article is for being practical, decent, professional and sexy had already show femininity of a gender.

Femininity and masculinity is either defined by the bodily appearance or the garments that covers our body. To distinguish two different genders, one may look at his or her attire. However, not all that wear skirts are women and vice versa. This may due to the culture of the society or the fact that there is a category known as transgender. Though, transgender or not, men or women, everyone enjoys the piece of clothe which is called pants. I could not help but to reduce the definition of “men’s wardrobe” or “women’s wardrobe” to just “wardrobe” since cross-dressing process is very much in process everyday.

In conclusion, pants and other arrays of garments are now not strictly constricted to categories of styles that suits only men or only women. Pants were initially in men’s wardrobe and the fact that they are now worn by women too does not make women lose their femininity. It is just a matter of transferring pants into a more general mode where they can be accepted by both male and female. Thus, the question why women wear pants should be as close to why men wear pants. The answer is: Practicality.