# @feministrecovery_ on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CSuTcMCjQ77
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/2443788-feministrecovery-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/ba6feac055.jpg
- **Posted:** 2021-08-18T17:09:55.000+00:00

## Caption

Ladies, how many times have you tried to put something in your pant pocket and found that it doesn’t fit? Or maybe your pants didn’t even have pockets? This is definitely one of those universal experiences all women can relate to. It’s no secret women’s pockets are jokes compared to men’s. But have you ever stopped to wonder why this is? We’ve got you covered. 

In 2018, The Pudding did a study on the pocket sizes of men’s jeans vs. women’s jeans by measuring the pockets of 80 jeans. The study proved what we all ready knew; the average women’s jean pocket size is 48% shorter than men’s. And this pocket crisis goes all the way back to the 17th century. Men got to have pockets sown right into the linings of their coats, while women had to actually fight to find theirs. Watch the episode to find out where they were, and where they would end up next. 

To learn more about the history of women’s pockets, check out “The Pocket: A Hidden History of Women’s Life” by Barbara Burman and Ariane Fennetauk. It delivers on all the pocket drama you could want. 

Sources:
‘Why Are Women’s Pockets So Small?’, The Fact Shop. 
‘Why women’s pockets are useless: A history’, marketplace.org
The Victoria & Albert Museum. 
‘The Bewildering and Sexist History of Women’s Pockets’, Medium. 
‘Someone clever once said Women were not allowed Pockets’, The Pudding. 
‘The Pocket: A Hidden History of Women’s Life’ by Barbara Burman and Ariane Fennetauk.

#womensfashion #womenspockets #pocketequality #wewantpockets #dresswithpockets #pockets #fashionhistory #justaddpockets #fluence #feminism

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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nicole Wawro | @whereswawro | https://gondola.cc/whereswawro | Creative Director |
| Jane Baduini | @janebaduini | https://gondola.cc/janebaduini | Content Producer |
| Jane Baduini | @janebaduini | https://gondola.cc/janebaduini | Writer |
| Jane Baduini | @janebaduini | https://gondola.cc/janebaduini | Researcher |

## Tags

justaddpockets, womensfashion, pockets, womenspockets, wewantpockets, pocketequality, dresswithpockets, fashionhistory, feminism, fluence

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