Author Topic: Pro-pants in France (Read 1555 times)

Telesphorus · « **on:** February 21, 2013, 06:33:24 AM »

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/9845545/Women-in-Paris-finally-allowed-to-wear-trousers.html

Quote from: Telegraph

The law was kept in place until now, despite repeated attempts to repeal it, in part because officials said the unenforced rule was not a priority, and part of French "legal archaeology."

In July however, in a public request directed at Ms Vallaud-Belkacem, Alain Houpert, a senator and member of the conservative UMP party, said the "symbolic importance" of the law "could injure our modern sensibilities," and he asked the minister to repeal it.

Ms Vallaud-Belkacem agreed, and in a published statement on Jan. 31st wrote: "This ordinance is incompatible with the principles of equality between women and men, which are listed in the Constitution, and in France's European commitments.

"From that incompatibility follows the implicit abrogation of the ordinance."
The restriction focused on Paris because French Revolutionary rebels in the capital said they wore trousers, as opposed to the knee-breeches, or the "culottes," of the bourgeoisie, in what was coined the "sans-culottes" movement. Women rebels in the movement demanded the right to wear trousers as well, but were forbidden to do so.

Telesphorus · « **Reply #1 on:** February 21, 2013, 06:34:27 AM »

Liberals support pants on women. They are very insistent on it.

If you see people upset at bans on pants on women - odds are you're dealing with a liberal.

Tiffany · « **Reply #2 on:** February 21, 2013, 08:11:13 AM »

You should send that to Ladies Against Feminism. I remember a few years ago they had an article about WA state repealing an anti-slander law concerning a women's virtue.
Have you see the misguided young woman that walks around NYC topless educating her community that it is not illegal. :read-paper:

Telesphorus · « **Reply #3 on:** February 22, 2013, 06:55:47 AM »

Perhaps someone should start a thread detailing dress liberalization at SSPX chapels?

Neil Obstat · « **Reply #4 on:** February 23, 2013, 12:03:15 PM »

Quote from: Telesphorus

Perhaps someone should start a thread detailing dress liberalization at SSPX chapels?

Why not make it this thread? -- oh. title. right..

So, to make any progress on keeping women out of pants you have to make
it a law, apparently! Do they have any problem in Saudi Arabia with women in
pants? I haven't been there, but I've heard they don't have any problem with
that kind of thing.

I've heard that if men stopped paying any attention to women who wear
pants, women would stop wearing pants in one day.

How do you like them apples?