What’s changed in our culture that revealing shorts for women is seen as good (which it objectively is), while revealing shorts for men are verboten? Armchair sociologists needed.Ĭool points will be awarded for anyone that knows where this photograph comes from. Whereas, today there’s a huge difference – shorts for women/girls are markedly shorter. You’ll note from this 1979 Schwinn advert that short length was basically equal for men and women. Unfortunately, most men have physiques that could benefit from concealment. All clothing – not just shorts – were tight fitting and designed to leave very little to the imagination.
Perhaps we’ve gotten a little prudish over the years. Of course, people were pretty comfortable with their bodies back then. In Seventies shorts, however, you’d be lucky to wedge in your house key. You can basically store food for the winter in a hefty pair of cargo shorts. As godawful as modern day shorts are, the pocket space is plentiful. One more problem with these tight fitting short-shorts is that the pockets become useless. Jack Wagner, soap star (General Hospital)
