Why did European and American women only wear skirts before World War II? Is it because of tradition?

Now women can choose whether to wear pants or skirts according to their own preferences, which seems to be a personal choice and outsiders have no right to ask. However, if you look forward, you will find that women wearing pants is definitely caused by the improvement of women's status. You know, before World War II, women in Europe and America could only wear skirts, not because they didn't want to wear pants, but because in the traditional concept, only men could wear pants, so women were not allowed to wear pants.

Women can only wear skirts because of their low status. For a long time in the past, women have been suppressed by men, in the East, and the West is no exception. At that time, women had to rely on men to support them, and women stayed at home to teach their children all their lives. All kinds of things in society are decided by men, including what is the beauty of women. In the eyes of European and American men, it is beautiful for women to wear skirts and fully display their slender waists, so women wear skirts and bras and try their best to make their waists look slim and get men's approval.

After World War II, women's status improved and they can wear pants. Without World War II, European and American women would have wanted to put on pants for many years. In World War II, all countries were short of soldiers. In order to continue fighting, people have the idea of letting women join the fight. Some countries began to try to let women join the army, and it was difficult for women to wear skirts, so countries allowed women to wear pants. In the battle, men gradually found that women are not so weak and can perform well in the battle, so the status of women has improved a little.

From the performance point of view, it is only a question of wearing skirts or trousers, but it actually reflects whether women have status.