Who Wears the Pants?

It's old news by now that Yves Saint-Laurent kicked the bucket. (Or should I rather say that he kicked the pail blue?) However, I think it's worth reflecting upon the fact that a homosexual is crediting with popularizing women's trousers. It only takes a moment's reflection to realize that trousers were originally men's wear, and that it would make sense for a homosexual to want to, "improve" women by making them dress more like men. What doesn't make sense is for women to welcome this change. Practically, it is likely that women will remain subjugated to the tastes of men for the foreseeable future. After all, it makes complete biological sense for a woman to attract the attention of a mate. (I am intentionally avoiding a discussion of men being subjugated to women's taste in order not to digress.) However, at the very least, straight men should reject fashions that have been dictated by those who don't even find women attractive. Were they to do this, women would also reject them, out of necessity. (Not many women would consciously dress in a manner that made them unattractive to men.) Of course, it's not just men's clothing that has been dictated to women: the unattainable boyish figure that keeps women slaving away at diets is dictated by an industry dominated by men who find boys more attractive than voluptuous women. How strange is it, then, that some people insist that the Islamic dress code for women has been imposed upon them by misogynistic men?