My wife and I have a theory that the patriarchy removed useful pockets so women need to buy an external pocket in the form of purses.

Over 10 years ago I remember watching this fashion series on TV, a kind of reality TV type thing you'd watch if there was nothing better to do. There was this... very old French woman as part of the main host. Apparently she was some sort of fashion design bigwig in Paris. But she said something like:

"Women should never have pockets. Clothes should accentuate the most powerful thing we have, which is the feminine form. Pockets ruin this. To be womanly is to carry a handbag."

I remember thinking to myself what a load of pretentious bullshit fashion must be.

How did you just realise this? I would've thought lack of pockets would be the sole reason you would use your bra.

You ever put food for later in there?

One of my school friends made some extra money during 6th form by offering to sew new, bigger pockets in various girls clothing. On average she did about 5 pairs of jeans a week at about £15 per pair. She went on to do fashion design at uni and now runs her own small business and despite branching out to do so much more stuff one of the services she kept doing was pocket replacements and extensions.

Really? I was taught to because if someone mugs me for money it becomes a felony instead of misdemeanor pickpocketing. I was pickpocketed once from a purse and never again, goes in the bra every time.

Now think how flat chested women feel, even the bra is non functional as pocket

It's funny, my wife and 4 year old daughter both have the same giddy reaction to seeing pockets on a super cute dress hahaha

I highly recommend everyone read Invisible Women. It's full of interesting anecdotes like you've just identified.

https://carolinecriadoperez.com/book/invisible-women/

Modern smartphones are too big for women's pockets and too big for their average hand size so as a result women are far more likely to drop phones and incur unnecessary expense of replacing them. Our world is simply designed around a male default and apparently we just accept that.

Women, buy cargo pants if you need pockets. Tell the haters to buy you whatever they'd rather see you in or fuck off

Ew don’t put your credit card there if you hand it to people

This is funny to me. I'm a guy, but I've known this since I was in highschool and I noticed my lady friends doing it.

The worst was once I saw someone drop change coins down there lol

Many women found an alternative solution in carrying a small bag with them everywhere.

Some types of woman clothing can't be made with pockets, mini/micro skirts and leggings for example, so using another available storage space is only logical.