Baggy Pants

I watched a Dr. Phil show today about the "fashion" of wearing baggy pants that hang below the butt and show the wearer's underwear. Like most of the world I've become jaded and not as easily shocked when I see kids dressed like this.

What I disagree with wholeheartedly is that the people who dress this way are being targeted because they're black. Not so! Most of the young men I've seen with their undies hanging out are white and I think they look equally ridiculous. Black or white or green or purple...no-one wants to see your underwear.

It's true that all generations choose controversial clothing to set themselves apart. It's also true that when these young ones mature they'll look back on their choices with a touch of embarrassment.

Someone on Dr. Phil's show mentioned the young women whose thong underwear show above their low cut pants and whether they should also be banned. I try not to be sexist but this is how I look at it. The sight of a bit of thong showing is not as ugly as baggy men's underwear showing. I might think differently if the the young women wore their pants below their butts but that hasn't happened...yet.

You learn things on T.V. shows you might never learn elsewhere. Apparently in prisons the lower the convict wears his pants the more accepting he is to a little bump and grind from behind. Do the young men on the streets who wear their pants so low know this? How awkward if they just think they look cool and don't understand the signal they're sending.

I also watch the T.V. show "Cops" and wonder if law enforcement prefers that criminals wear their pants below their butts because it makes running away very difficult. It's funny to watch as the cops run down a man whose pants trip him up. As he's dragged to his feet desperately trying to pull his pants up I wonder why he hasn't figured out that his clothing style might be to his disadvantage.

The discussion on Dr. Phil's show was whether this current fashion should be publicly and legally banned. I'm of the opinion that fashion comes and goes and this particular one will disappear soon to be replaced with something else we might find more repugnant. People have enough legal restrictions against them so why add more.

This isn't a real fashion statement but just a generation thumbing it's nose at it's elders. We've all done it and then grown up. It will happen to this generation also.