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Here is what they are, in case you don't know. Kinda like sweat pants pretty much, but thinner than some I think.

Anyway, my father had me change out of them because I am not "going out" with them. He then explained to me that they're more for work outs or in the house, as something comfortable for people to put on before they exercise. Then he started explaining about better clothing and being better dressed, bla bla, that they are "idiots" out in the world, and bla bla revealing clothing (I make a o_O face because I can't believe he's responding this way to yoga pants), and then he goes "Yes, you may not know there are idiots out in the world, that is why I'm explaining it to you (paraphrase)". This is ridiculous -.- And I thought people who told kids their jeans were "too tight" were annoying (even when they're not and the kid feels that they're not. Not too tight would be baggy, for them). My friend says he is absurd and asked if he was on crack. CX. So, etc, bla bla revealing clothes, being a girl, bla bla. Basically acted like I'm about to get raped because I wore sweat pants with my outfit. I'm wearing yoga pants out to take my test, I'm not walking in some dark alley in Chicago with cootchie catchers on and a half top. Sheesh. Guy can go out with his abs all out (and girls may touch him, or harass him, WITHOUT PERMISSION!) but I can't even wear yoga pants...

(I'd appreciate it if you didn't rant about girls who DID wear this out though, I don't care for my thread being turned into some place of judgment and criticizing others.)

When I am 18, I will not waste my clothes! Seriously, it's a waste of clothing... my mother bought that to be worn with an outfit...

Lol, that's crazy. What's so revealing about yoga pants? But maybe he watched an expose on tv or something.

- hmm- seemed to me yoga pants are good for taking a test (also known as "sitting for a test")
Alas, FYI: my Dad had a random (but WAY more lengthy - I missed an exam) conversation like that with me - out of the blue - later on I realized he was all flipped out about something unrelated. (it was a business issue)..so all of a sudden he was exerting or trying to exert some (extara) control over me - because he was not able to control something else majorly important to him) Alas, you ARE majorly important to him, so this really was a sort of a wires crossing (in my opinion)  misdirected "I love you and care about you" thing....He handled it badly -sounds like,  but - I hope you can realize he is just being human - flawed as we all are..etc.,

(and yoga pants are rather form fitting - though very very comfy) no use argue ing with him (or being mad at him) as you are aware, he is not making a bunch of sense at the moment...right?)

- hmm- seemed to me yoga pants are good for taking a test (also known as "sitting for a test")
Alas, FYI: my Dad had a random (but WAY more lengthy - I missed an exam) conversation like that with me - out of the blue - later on I realized he was all flipped out about something unrelated. (it was a business issue)..so all of a sudden he was exerting or trying to exert some (extara) control over me - because he was not able to control something else majorly important to him) Alas, you ARE majorly important to him, so this really was a sort of a wires crossing (in my opinion)  misdirected "I love you and care about you" thing....He handled it badly -sounds like,  but - I hope you can realize he is just being human - flawed as we all are..etc.,

(and yoga pants are rather form fitting - though very very comfy) no use argue ing with him (or being mad at him) as you are aware, he is not making a bunch of sense at the moment...right?)

Oh yeah I just changed into jeans. I tried to say what about girls stroking guys abs w/o permiss but he was on the phone by then CX.

- hmm- seemed to me yoga pants are good for taking a test (also known as "sitting for a test")
Alas, FYI: my Dad had a random (but WAY more lengthy - I missed an exam) conversation like that with me - out of the blue - later on I realized he was all flipped out about something unrelated. (it was a business issue)..so all of a sudden he was exerting or trying to exert some (extara) control over me - because he was not able to control something else majorly important to him) Alas, you ARE majorly important to him, so this really was a sort of a wires crossing (in my opinion)  misdirected "I love you and care about you" thing....He handled it badly -sounds like,  but - I hope you can realize he is just being human - flawed as we all are..etc.,

(and yoga pants are rather form fitting - though very very comfy) no use argue ing with him (or being mad at him) as you are aware, he is not making a bunch of sense at the moment...right?)

He's really tight about anything he thinks will "draw" attention (although he says he knows it is natural... what does he think? That strangers will most likely walk up and touch me in day time). He thinks he "knows" everyone because of his experiences as well, he's said he "knows" w/ stuff w/ us (as if we are the same person.. ugh) and other guys as well, because he used to be a girl chaser when he was younger. That is so irritating, a parent who was a certain way when they were younger and is now tight on the reins because of it >.>

form fitting, but not revealing... however...
maybe a lil paranoid because of his younger years...the fact he is male and the fact that all men think the same way he did ??
however... Speaking as a "survivor" of rape... It is safe to say that as I was raped in my own house at 5am in the morning... by a relative on my kids side of the family... that it doesn't matter what you are dressed like, it can and does still happen...completely unprovoked and without reason. Your fathers paranoia seems a little bit extreme for the actual type of trousers shown in the picture... it is just the same as wearing jogging suit or even from looking at the picture, you could get away with wearing them with a jacket for work  :s...

Speaking as a dad myself, I suspect that I will be a little paranoid about how my daughter dresses when she is a teenager. I see girls at my local shopping centre, more "tween" than "teen", wearing tiny cut-off shorts and I think "that's inappropriate". Maybe I'm an old fuddy-duddy, but a 14 or 15 year old girl in a training bra shouldn't be walking around a shopping centre with her butt cheeks hanging out for all the world to see.

I think a lot depends on the time and place. I remember in Jakarta a few years ago seeing a couple of girls about your age, very attractive, at a convenience store wearing very short shorts and a *lot* of bare midriff. Everybody, male and female, was just staring at them slack-jawed. I'm guessing that they got some good advice somewhere after that because the next time I saw them they were wearing jeans and T-Shirts that came all the way down to their pants.

As for the yoga pants - yes, they do look sexy. Probably not for wearing on public transport by yourself late at night. Apart from that I think they are okay. I'd let my daughter wear them to a mall in the daytime, for example (in about 10 years time anyway, when she is a teenager), or to an exam.

It is true thouhg, as a "Man", a dad deso KNOW and remember what even he - and his freinds were thinking and how they acted and what they did...

I was really rather good and my Dad (says my Mom) was "one of those" really wild sorts, a bad boy etc., (he married a gal who was not running with the fast crwod)... and my Hubby says OH MY - if gals knew what some of us GUYS do and think- well.... anyway, Dad's sort of get a free pass worrying about daughters AND they will try to help you POSSIBLY avoid - in any way possible MAYBE lower the odds of issues.. it is a natural protective thing (obsiouly no matter what a gal wears young menr and MEN are supposed to be able to control themselves - wearing clothing does NOT equal asking for attention (exceptions of course for some gals)...

I was LITERALLY "grounded" when I was 15 for a whole year... (I saw photos of myself later and now I realize why)... it was okay for me as I was an avid reader and did not care for "hanging out" anyway-- (still did not keep the TWO teachers that chased me around at school away LOL) niave I was, no matter what I thought at the time. (and the very month before I was grounded little did they know I barely avoided BIG issues more than once.... and older brothers at friends houses (home from the Navy) - yeesh....

This post was last modified: 04-26-2012 03:53 PM by windy.

Yoga pants are not appropriately "modest" for young women outside of the yoga studio.  Neither are tight or short t-shirts, tank tops, tight or skinny jeans, pj bottoms, baggy sweat pants, low cut tops, short or translucent skirts (look in a mirror with the light you - you see the outline of your legs and crotch.  wear a petticoat).  

It is not so much about the *** walk thing.  Provocative clothing does not cause crime.  It is about image mostly.  Probably your father does not want to be seen walking around with someone looks like they are advertising their living selling sex.  How do prostitutes dress and why?  He does not want people to think he is pimping you out.  

I wear long flowing skirts and ultramodest clothing all the time.  It does not protect me from crime in anyway.  Only locked doors and lack of opportunity for criminals protect me.  Usually I find that I get better service and people are more polite when I am dressed nicely.  

Maybe ask your father what he would like to see you wear or tell you when you look nice.  Maybe he will buy you some nice outfits.

'Expose'.

Nice pun!

Ah. I'm not so judgmental with clothing, what you show means nothing to someone who doesn't care if they do sex. In this case it would be better to be an animal, they know what's natural. You're not "bad" or "naughty" for wearing short shorts. Heck, I wouldn't care if people paraded around in bikinis. People need to get over the human body. You're not going to get pregnant from stares.

Um, they weren't sold as work out gear. Just pants. It's not like they are those stocking pants things... that would be a bit weird and I would feel like I was missing a skirt to go with them. I really doubt anyone here is stupid enough to think that wearing yoga pants means you sell sex. But some parts of society just might be dumb enough. Anyway, in my district, people borrow others yoga pants before they can buy their own. So you won't be seen that way by people who have nothing better to do than *** about others here.

I see you have a son. What about him? Or is it like everyone else, he can go shirtless with ABS and have girls drooling over him. Or maybe speedo like shorts? Maybe girls can even stroke his abs without permission, and that'd be okay. People, if you have a son, you need to at least be restrictive about his clothing too. It's not a case of girls don't stare and touch, it's a case of they GET TO DO it and get away with it.

Scene: Somewhere, in a bar... a guy smacks a girls behind... people look with eyes that say "disgrace". Somewhere across the room, after a few dozen people... a girl approaches a guy, lays her hand on his shoulder, he says he's going to get a drink, she squeezes his ***, and winks. He says he's not interested. She traces his biceps. Nothing happens.

Women wearing shorts and tank tops in Jakarta is not socially acceptable in certain areas.  You see people wearing clothing that is not considered covering enough at Buddhist temples and they are asked to cover up.  It is seen as disrespect not selling sex.

People wearing sexy clothing are going to get attention, men or women.  Only why do people want others to see them only as sex objects or toys?

There are several reasons for wearing clothing
1.  protection from the environment such as weather, work conditions
2.  cultural signification to status or profession
3.  advertising class, wealth, gender and status, sexual availability, establish physical boundaries

Some people have done away with clothing and enjoy nudism or naturalism.