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02-20-2018, 12:10 AM
Forget yoga pants. Criticising other women's sartorial choices is bad for women.
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You might have spotted that the New York Times has waged war on women's workout gear. Yoga pants, to be precise. An op-ed published on the NYT Opinion page on Sunday (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/17/opinion/sunday/yoga-pants-sweatpants-women.html?smid=tw-nytopinion&smtyp=cur) added yoga pants to the ever-burgeoning catalogue of Things That Are Bad For Women™.*
SEE ALSO: Women from tiny village pose nude to teach others about body image (https://mashable.com/2018/01/30/women-body-image-calendar-whimple/)
Its author, Honor Jones—a woman—claimed (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/17/opinion/sunday/yoga-pants-sweatpants-women.html?smid=tw-nytopinion&smtyp=cur) that women only wear this previously uncontroversial garment because "they're sexy," and proffered sweatpants as an unobtrusive alternative deserving of a revival. Sexiness isn't the only problem with yoga pants, by Jones's estimation. They also, happen to "show every dimple and roll in every woman over 30"—which seemingly makes it harder to "conquer the world" in Jones' vision of gender politics.* Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/02/19/yoga-pants-policing-bodies/)
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You might have spotted that the New York Times has waged war on women's workout gear. Yoga pants, to be precise. An op-ed published on the NYT Opinion page on Sunday (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/17/opinion/sunday/yoga-pants-sweatpants-women.html?smid=tw-nytopinion&smtyp=cur) added yoga pants to the ever-burgeoning catalogue of Things That Are Bad For Women™.*
SEE ALSO: Women from tiny village pose nude to teach others about body image (https://mashable.com/2018/01/30/women-body-image-calendar-whimple/)
Its author, Honor Jones—a woman—claimed (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/17/opinion/sunday/yoga-pants-sweatpants-women.html?smid=tw-nytopinion&smtyp=cur) that women only wear this previously uncontroversial garment because "they're sexy," and proffered sweatpants as an unobtrusive alternative deserving of a revival. Sexiness isn't the only problem with yoga pants, by Jones's estimation. They also, happen to "show every dimple and roll in every woman over 30"—which seemingly makes it harder to "conquer the world" in Jones' vision of gender politics.* Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/02/19/yoga-pants-policing-bodies/)
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