It still is. See this excerpt from the OP's article for example:
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Rise of the Lady Backpack: Some white-collar women are ditching their purses for a more practical toting solution (The Atlantic)
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It still is. See this excerpt from the OP's article for example:
I work from home half the time, so I absolutely use a backpack to tote my laptop and whatever else I need. I'm definitely the only woman on my team who uses one, though. All the other women use purses and then a separate bag for their laptop, which makes zero sense to me. I love my backpack and I actually get compliments on it all the time lol.
Yeah, pretty sure we've traced my arm/groin/leg pain to my really heavy bag. Thinking of getting something canvas and smaller to force me to carry only essentials.
Or just get a backpack.
I see very few women wearing handbags on their elbow anymore unless they literally have nothing heavy inside or the bag is an actual piece of fashion they want to show off.
Are handbags called purses in the US? What do they call a purse then? (I'm referring to the UK word for a female equivalent of a wallet)
Me too
My wifes purse/handbag is MASSIVE
Its easily the same size as a school backpack
My wife is a professional up London and has always used a backpack. It's bigger and more practical so why wouldn't you?!
The history or purses and even pockets are all imbedded with sexism. High heels were actually shoes for horseback archers and were later adopted by male aristocracy.
I don't really see how a backpack is more functional, other than more storage. Your stuff is more at risk of theft because you can't see it, and they're really annoying to navigate around in tight spaces. Even as a guy I prefer messenger bags.
Style. Pockets stick out and ruin the sillouette or some such nonsense.
Storage is a HUGE plus.
And they're easy to navigate and to avoid theft in tight spaces and transport as long as you just take them off and hold them by hand (or put them on the ground). Messenger bags are awful for your back and spine, and some of them can ruin your pants with the constant friction.
Stop trying to make cargo shorts a thing. We'll still be mocking them in the arid wastes.
I stand in solidarity with fellow professional backpack wearers.
Messenger bags, unfortunately, are terrible for shoulders and necks.
Messenger bags, unfortunately, are terrible for shoulders and necks.
You do the one-two punch of baiting them with a backpack full of nothing valuable while keeping your wallet and phone in your (front) pockets.
Mmmhm will have to look into those.A lot of higer end backpacks have a net back
Yea i use a more business oriented messenger bag. I travel via train into the city with it, only real pain is when i have to lug a lot of stuff so i usually leave lot of stuff back at work. However i remember using these some time back and got heckled for using one, guess the stigma was a little different. Nowadays everyone has one
What is new is that they are starting to make backpacks that are the same material as purses. Not school bags.
They look nice and "grown-up"
Depends, it's really common in mint. At least in northern europe.
Wow what? Sounds like a couple people made some innocent jokes and then some other people took them way too personally. Oh the humanity of it all!
I never used a purse. Always thought backpacks were superior.
When I'm only travelling light I take a fanny pack.
When I'm only travelling light I take a fanny pack.
How you gonna miss a noisy as fuck zip going off behind you if someone is trying to pick your backpack?
What's mint? And yeah as with many things Europe and especially Northern Europe tends to be more progressive and advanced than the US.
My back pack has a flap with buckles and then a zipper under that...not so easy to get into. And I keep valuables in a zip pocket within.
I think I am. Am I?
I'll be sure to tell all the women I work with who use backpacks with chargers built into them how much more progressive and advanced northern Europeans are.
RE2 inventory upgrade?
Why'd you call something that is not a backpack a backpack tho?
Concerning light carry bags, I actually own one of these.
The waist strap fits nicely in the belt loops on my trousers, and you can use the waist strap as a shoulder strap if need be, either messenger style or just on one side. Fits everything I'd need, like my phone, passport, travel passes, etc. I use mine when on holiday, works great. Leaves my hands completely free and its almost like it isn't even there.
The waist strap fits nicely in the belt loops on my trousers, and you can use the waist strap as a shoulder strap if need be, either messenger style or just on one side. Fits everything I'd need, like my phone, passport, travel passes, etc. I use mine when on holiday, works great. Leaves my hands completely free and its almost like it isn't even there.
If a pocket is just a line sewn on the garment, it lays flat, so you look thinner. If it's an actual pocket, it protrudes slightly and "breaks the line of the garment," meaning they think it makes women look too fat to have a bit of fabric stick out away from their body at all. It's a fashion thing that almost no woman has ever cared about outside of a runway but all are subjected to when purchasing.
I've given up on it entirely and buy men's jeans, which aren't a perfect fit but are actually closer to my body type -- tall and lean -- than a lot of women's jeans since they come in two measurement sizes instead of one and most importantly have pockets.
It's not hard at all. You're in a crowded, noisy place. You've got other things on your mind like where you're going.
I dunno about that. I'm usually pretty aware of my surroundings, and the streets here aren't so crowded as to have to worry about pickpocketing. Pretty sure I'd feel or hear someone tugging at my backpack if they tried. Plus, I've got a hood on mine you need to lift to be able to reach the zips and drawstrings.
I love my backpack and bring it in to work everyday, but my workplace is very casual. I just think it's more practical than any of the alternatives considering I'm always carrying around a work laptop, a tablet, a water bottle, and everything else that would have been in my purse like wallet, car keys, makeup, etc.
The weird thing to me is that they're being treated as a new phenomenon. I've seen women (I work in tech) using stylish backpacks for well over a decade.
I do work in tech. But the OP's article isn't talking about that domain:
Mathematics, Informatics, Nature and technological sciences.
However, I'm pretty sure that the number of purses are higher for office jobs.
Yeah, same here. Genuinely puzzled that it's at all notable or that it's something people could be made fun of for.
So weird.
