Originally Posted by
char GG
Could be because for women my age, we had to wear dresses to school in all types of weather (with snowpants under our dresses in the snowy Michigan winters). We couldn't play on the swings or monkey bars without having shorts under our dresses. We had boys run around the playground yelling "it's dress up day" as they threw our dresses up from behind (another reason for wearing shorts under our dresses). Slips back then were stiff and scratchy. Personally, I was thrilled in my senior year of high school that we were finally allowed to wear pants to school. Don't judge women too harshly because, believe me, wearing frilly or any dresses was not always fun.