Is there an historical reason why female formal dresses have a huge variety of styles compared to male ones where the only acceptable style is jacket with pants? - eviltoast
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    11 days ago

    Men have always had the freedom to choose what they want to be - for women it’s the fucking bird cage or nothing… now the bird cage is gilded and pretty, but it’s still a fucking bird cage.

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      11 days ago

      Men have always had the freedom to choose what they want to be

      You don’t understand anything about our history at all, do you? English surnames (Thatcher, Smith, Fletcher, etc…) are what they are because people literally had no other choice but to work the same profession for many generations.