I have observed this phenomenon and have concluded that school trouser pockets subsist to facilitate ball scratching.
In truth I reckon its a combination of keeping the line of the trouser stylish and keeping cost down, bearing in mind that females are used to an absence of pockets and have adopted the handbag as an alternative.
We'd match quite nicely then...
Most women's trousers don't come with pockets. But they cost the same or more than men's. And men's trousers come in sizes (in the same shop) in a far bigger range - up to waist 50 with at least 3 lengths. Women get either 8 to 14 (4 sizes) or 14 to 20 (4 again) and maybe 3 lengths if they have a petite department.
And those sizes are damn near random. A 14 in one shop is too small, fits in another and falls of you in a third.
Time for a new campaign:
REAL SIZES FOR REAL WOMEN.
And , yes, women CAN use a tape measure - give us clothes in inches/centimeters FFS!!!!!!!
Rant over for the moment. :giggle:
the only shops i know of (general high street brands) is m&s where you can get all 3 lengths for women most of the rest is standard or petite ... oh and get rid of small medium and large sizes of tops as well inches/centimetres all round i say