Ponderings of a Scientist

Just a brief rant on women’s clothing sizes (for my limited
female readership and empathic male readership) while I await some paperwork
from my supervisor. I have two major
complaints:

First and foremost, why the arbitrary number system? It reminds me of the new initiative in
elementary schools to not give out grades or rankings so that no child’s
feelings are hurt. Well if my kid is bad
at math or soccer or playing with other kids I and she need to know about
it. Raising a generation that has high
self esteem but no responsibility for their actions is not getting us anywhere
(but that’s a whole other post). What I’m
trying to say to clothing manufacturers is stop sparing my self esteem with
your silly number system and while your at it start making cloths with more
lengths options! What a novel idea to
have pants fitted to your waist and length measurements, oh wait, men’s
clothing has been that way for decades!!

Second, if you insist on keeping your number system decide
on either odd numbers, even numbers or all numbers and then make the sizes standard. I should wear the same size no matter what
store I shop in or what style I try on.
However, before different manufacturers can sync their sizes the
individual companies themselves have to be consistent. I have a pair of khakis on today that I
ordered online from a company I often shop at, so logic says I would know what
size I where at the store and safely be able to purchase without trying on,
WRONG! They are too big, yet my pair of jeans
of the same size and same brand are a bit tight! Ah, annoyance……