It’s completely arbitrary how clothing got associated to gender over the course of history.
I remember numerous instances where skirts were seen as manly, iirc the scottish and the romans had that notion. I think pants as we have them today were only introduced around 1800? Because they are more difficult to manufacture and were developed mostly for blue-collar workers as protective clothing.
The northern “barbarians” wore pants even in roman times. The romans were agast (TBF, I wouldn’t want to wear pants in Italy’s climate, either). Since then there has been a bit of back-and-forth.
It’s completely arbitrary how clothing got associated to gender over the course of history.
I remember numerous instances where skirts were seen as manly, iirc the scottish and the romans had that notion. I think pants as we have them today were only introduced around 1800? Because they are more difficult to manufacture and were developed mostly for blue-collar workers as protective clothing.
The northern “barbarians” wore pants even in roman times. The romans were agast (TBF, I wouldn’t want to wear pants in Italy’s climate, either). Since then there has been a bit of back-and-forth.