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Explanation: In Ancient Rome, trousers were considered a BARBARIAN mode of dress, and disdained for that reason. REAL men wear TUNICS which show their MANLY LEGS. ๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช
Of course, this is a very Mediterranean idea, and Romans in the frigid northern provinces eventually started wearing trousers themselves out of a desire to not have their knees frozen off - a fashion trend which slowly made its way even into mainstream Roman society in the rest of the Empire.
O TEMPORA! O MORES!
the same reason is why i hate it when people buy dresses for my daughter. Fucking thanks, I have some random piece of fabric that's basically never appropriate for me to dress her in because she needs something to keep her warm and her nappy secure. It's not good for putting her in layers in winter, and it's too hot to put with other stuff in summer.
Fuck sake. Also, dressing her up "girly" is likely to lead to people treating her "like shit"*, so fantastic.
* I can't be bothered to elaborate further, but it is a long ass rant about how we don't treat women in ways that end up with them succeeding in STEM topics.
You may find this funny or it may drive you to further frustration, but despite the immense sexism of Roman society, daily informal wear was largely the same between men and women, who both simply wore tunics.
Long-sleeved tunics were considered more 'womanly', but still commonly worn by fashionable men (including, famously, Julius Caesar), while lengthier tunics were considered more 'modest', but the basic form was the same.
Now I am wondering if the story of Achilles is actually about the dangers of not wearing pants. ๐ค
