system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: Why don't women's pants have functional pockets?

They need them just as much as guys, but don't have them. It's so stupid.
gpt
It has to do with figure profile. Hour glass curves are disrupted by full pockets. You can make it more complicated by mixing in advertisers and designers picking up on needing an alternative storage container(s), and seeing the purse as a cash cow. But in this case, the aesthetics came first.