Genuine question and just to clarify I’m talking about stockings rather than active wear or yoga pants
But I’ve just never really thought about it I guess…
The weird part is that all the men used to wear them.
Men back in the day wore such hose.
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My leg hairs itches just looking at them.
You get used to it and then stop noticing. They’re so comfy.
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I’m sure they were warm though.
I use them for running during winter and that’s a non issue.
Because they’re comfortable and practical!
I can’t stand the feeling of loose things around my legs like pants. They either have to be tight like leggings, or free flowing like skirts/dresses/baggy shorts.
Well that’s different. As a guy, I can’t stand tight things on my legs, and I don’t think it’s just due to different equipment.
Tight things like pants and even socks irritate my skin where the body hair roots are and I hate it.
Leg hair maybe?
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Regular pants aren’t?
I wear them under the regular pants when it get’s really cold.
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True, I have a thin pair of tight wool thermal pants that work a treat in winter
Guy here - borrowed some from my mum for a LARP and they were super comfy. I kept them afterwards.
Not a girl: I regular wear tights in winter. I really don’t like being cold.
Everyone says being warm but I only wear them out of comfort. I walk a lot to travel cause I don’t own a car and leggings are comfy for walking in. I even wear them during the summer.
I’d imagine they help with chafing thighs!
Why not? This is also a genuine question. What is puzzling you about girls wearing leggings? Are you wondering why they don’t wear jeans or some other kind of pants instead? If yes, the answer might be: a) fashion changes all the time and this is in now and b) leggings are usually made of very stretchy fabrics, which makes them much more comfortable than form-fitting trousers made of more traditional textiles.
Well the truth is I recently started a job at a high school and the female students mostly wear skirts, of them about half of them wear dark stockings and I just ¯_ (ツ) _/¯ I dunno I just wondered what they do but looking through the comments it totally makes sense that they’d add a layer of comfort particularly in colder months, when I realized I also wear a tight pair of thermal pants sometimes then it became clearer as well
Not that anyone has to justify wearing what they wear I was just slightly curious is all
When in comes to combination of leggings and skirts, I think many women also feel safer and less exposed with legging under their skirts. Active girls and women don’t have to think of their movements wearing leggings under a mini-skirt or a lightweight fabric skirt.
I suppose also, there was likely a time before modern textiles when wearing a skirt that was durable enough for every day use could have been pretty uncomfortable
Fashion aesthetics, either by choice or as part of a uniform/etiquette. They are practical in winter as they are warm. Also prevent chafing on people without a thigh gap. They help shape legs and lower belly too.
I don’t like wearing them though.
Warmth and comfort, mostly.
There we go. That’s the answer lol
I only wear sports leggings occasionally for exercise, so I can’t really represent the view of women wearing leggings as pants in everyday life, but I guess the main reason is that they’re very comfortable (unless they’re shapewear). I would compare their comfort level to sweatpants.
Our clothes are often made of thinner material than yours. Ever look at the difference in the thread weight of a man’s tshirt vs a woman’s tshirt? The same honestly goes for pants. Plus, leggings and tights give us the benefit of a layer that can be worn not just under pants but under dresses, shorts, skirts etc especially in colder months.
As a man—the worst way to begin any post on a question about women—I have to plug the comfort of leggings.
I got some Under Armour compression leggings to wear when walking in cold weather (for warmth, the other main reason I see in here for these things), to wear under my shorts (or jeans if it’s cold enough). They are remarkably comfortable. I kind of look forward to the autumn and winter months when I get to wear them.
(Also because I’m fat, to get ones that fit my waist they’re LONG, so they cover half my feet as well. It’s almost like wearing footy pajamas. I love them.)
You get to show your ass off whilst still wearing something
Because they want to?
All I know is it’s the greatest thing that’s happened in my life when women just started wearing them in public all the time.
