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Women's Pockets are Inferior

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Resurfaced independently across 4 calendar years, with breakout response in 2 of them.

submissions
6
submitters
4
observed span
2018–2025
peak thread · 151 comments
68 pts
latest 20+ return · 2023-10-24
39 pts

Submission timeline

2007–2026

One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.

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I don't think we needed a data analysis to know women's pockets are in a sad state. Here are bunch of links on why they are this way: https://www.marketplace.org/2014/09/18/tech/why-womens-pocke... https://www.quora.com/Womens-Fashion-and-Style-Why-do-girls-... https://www.racked.com/2016/9/19/12865560/politics-of-pocket... https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/09/the-g... In terms of fashion, weird pockets and false garments are a thing for men, too. Men's suits, for example, used to be cut much…

First... duh. I mean it is something everyone has known for a long time. That said, I think it goes a little bit deeper than just simply the fashion industry is trying to screw women over. You can buy women’s pants with pockets, some of them have an over abundance of pockets, for example these Carhartt Overalls: https://www.carhartt.com/products/womens/Carhartt-Rugged-Fle... In general, women don’t buy these sort of utility pants as much as they buy other types of pants. Well many women…

Less inflammatory but more technically correct - Woman's Pockets Reveal That Women Do Not Value Putting Things In Their Pockets. It stretches credulity, given the control women stereotypically have over clothing decisions, that large-pocketed clothes would not be an option if there was demand. Evidence suggests that any demand is a vocal minority.

roenxi·39-point thread·

This is an often discussed topic online. The conclusion seems to be, women say they want big pockets but don't actually buy them if it means having a bulkier figure. The idea of more storage space is attractive in itself, except when they see how it would look. Some claim this is all done by Big Handbag to push women to buy bags, but it seems much more plausible that clothing companies would sell big pocketed clothes if the market…

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Breakout years
2

100+ points or 50+ comments

Total points
174

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Total comments
275

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Every submission

DateTitle as submittedByPointsComments
2018-08-15Women's Pockets are InferiorFirst breakout · Best threaddsr126852
2021-03-25Women's Pockets are Inferior (2018)Tomte1333
2021-05-03Women's Pockets Are Inferior (2018)bjourne4235
2023-01-05Women's Pockets are Inferior (2018)Tomte22
2023-10-24Woman's Pockets Are InferiorHall induction · Latest 20+ point returngetwiththeprog39151
2025-05-17Women's Pockets are Inferior. (2018)Tomte102