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<p>Criticizing women for anything and everything has been a top cultural pastime since the dawn of man and his incomprehensible ego. While the proliferation of the internet has in many ways empowered feminist discourse, the flip side of this coin has emboldened even more viral opinions about how women are doing it (everything) wrong.</p><p><strong>The latest version of this nonsense came in the form of an op-ed written by a woman titled <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/17/opinion/sunday/yoga-pants-sweatpants-women.html?smid=tw-nytopinion&amp;smtyp=cur" target="_blank"><em>Why Yoga Pants Are Bad For Women</em></a>.</strong></p><p>There&#39;s just, not a whole lot to say about the title alone. What are we doing here, does the author -Hope Jones, know about all of the 80 million forms of institutional sexism holding us back, or nah?</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Now we have to look hot at the gym? Give us a break. <a href="https://t.co/FnOAYdUpLe">https://t.co/FnOAYdUpLe</a></p>&mdash; New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) <a href="https://twitter.com/nytopinion/status/964993979661148160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 17, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>The basic conceit of the article is that we need to bring sweatpants back, because yoga pants and the Yoga Pants Industrial Complex (to be fair, I made that one up) present yet another form of oppression via the pressure to be hot at the gym.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Remember sweatpants? Women used to wear them, not so long ago. <a href="https://t.co/FnOAYdUpLe">https://t.co/FnOAYdUpLe</a> <a href="https://t.co/LBiKxwdJsd">pic.twitter.com/LBiKxwdJsd</a></p>&mdash; New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) <a href="https://twitter.com/nytopinion/status/964994689115000832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 17, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p><strong>The author waxes poetic about wearing sweatpants to the gym and how she felt judged by the squad of mindless yoga pants clad women.</strong></p><p data-para-count="169" data-total-count="658">&quot;I got on the elliptical. A few women gave me funny looks. Maybe they felt sorry for me, or maybe they were concerned that my loose pants were going to get tangled in the machine&rsquo;s gears. Men didn&rsquo;t look at me at all,&quot; Jones wrote.</p><p data-para-count="169" data-total-count="658">Okay, but also, maybe they weren&#39;t looking at you after all because they were SWEATING THEIR LIVES OUT?! What is this special cross-breed of narcissism and insecurity?</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Why yoga pants are bad for women <a href="https://t.co/43DHZJLCYg">https://t.co/43DHZJLCYg</a> <a href="https://t.co/CfX4GKvx0i">pic.twitter.com/CfX4GKvx0i</a></p>&mdash; New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) <a href="https://twitter.com/nytopinion/status/965122180609699840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 18, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p><strong>Unsurprisingly, women were quick to respond to the article. </strong></p><p>Many were quick to mention that yoga pants are more comfortable for stretching. Also, it&#39;s a lot easier to know if you&#39;re safely executing yoga positions if you&#39;re not wearing loose sweatpants.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is an article criticizing women for wearing yoga pants to yoga class. <a href="https://t.co/5T8TFNL5qK">https://t.co/5T8TFNL5qK</a></p>&mdash; Susan Arendt (@SusanArendt) <a href="https://twitter.com/SusanArendt/status/965245119392833537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 18, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Okay <a href="https://twitter.com/nytimes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@nytimes</a>. 1) I am sure you had your pick of thoughtful opinion pieces for this Sunday’s edition...and this was your choice? 2) Women writing op-eds about other women’s sartorial choices is bad for women 3) You can have my yoga pants when you pry them from my cold dead booty <a href="https://t.co/8RU9l8iVde">https://t.co/8RU9l8iVde</a></p>&mdash; Candice Adams (@TheCandiceAdams) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheCandiceAdams/status/965290094377750529?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 18, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">“It’s not good manners for women to tell other women how to dress” and yet Honor uses another several hundred words to do just that in this piece. Is this really making or breaking women’s success? If so, then look within at that problem. This is a waste of space. <a href="https://t.co/zjhkFFQ2IE">https://t.co/zjhkFFQ2IE</a></p>&mdash; Annie Heckenberger (@anniemal) <a href="https://twitter.com/anniemal/status/965283824858030081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 18, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I always thought smoking, not sleeping enough and patriarchy are bad for women. Turns out I was wrong. It&#39;s yoga pants. <a href="https://t.co/APb8Uqs9Lc">https://t.co/APb8Uqs9Lc</a></p>&mdash; Eva Ich bin sehr müde Horn (@habichthorn) <a href="https://twitter.com/habichthorn/status/965281798279266304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 18, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">As someone who has practiced yoga for years, it’s unbelievable that you think we wear yoga pants because they’re “sexy?!” We wear them because they allow us to maneuver in ways other clothing doesn’t. Alternatively, seeing if you aren’t in the proper position is just as important <a href="https://t.co/cy70QBWnrF">https://t.co/cy70QBWnrF</a></p>&mdash; kimmie caruba (@kimmiecaruba) <a href="https://twitter.com/kimmiecaruba/status/965277283945799680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 18, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">1. Yoga is really hard to do in sweatpants bc the loose fabric moves around and can actually injure you if you’re in a pose and your pants slip. <br><br>2. 🙄🙄🙄 to this whole thing in general <a href="https://t.co/J5WsNTlgSt">https://t.co/J5WsNTlgSt</a></p>&mdash; Selena (@selenalarson) <a href="https://twitter.com/selenalarson/status/965273516827275264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 18, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/mekosoff/status/965236776888565760</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/hlmacmillen/status/965291613483397121</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">If you do anything today, read this cringe worthy <a href="https://twitter.com/nytimes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@nytimes</a> piece from “Honor Jones” about why yoga pants are bad for women. Then, slip into your sexy yoga pants, grab some popcorn and search honor jones on twitter. Enjoy. <a href="https://t.co/Ovg0UpbVp6">https://t.co/Ovg0UpbVp6</a></p>&mdash; Kelly Roberts (@KellyKKRoberts) <a href="https://twitter.com/KellyKKRoberts/status/965289834746142720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 18, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>It&#39;s safe to say this op-ed did not receive a lot of support.</p><oembed>https://twitter.com/Lizzie83hp/status/965291658345631745</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I see someone has posted yet another op-ed on the perils of wearing yoga pants after 30.<br><br>Lemme clear this up for everyone:<br><br>Wear yoga pants if you want to. If somebody doesn’t like your over-30 dimpled rolls... tell them not to look. Dress for you, not for anyone else</p>&mdash; Kween KodiKat (@puma_legal) <a href="https://twitter.com/puma_legal/status/965276687372972032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 18, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/hlmacmillen/status/965291613483397121</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>It appears it&#39;ll take a lot more than an op-ed to pry the yoga pants from our cold, dead, extremely flexible and well-circulated hands.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

The internet can't stop slamming this op-ed about 'why yoga pants are bad for women.'

Criticizing women for anything and everything has been a top cultural pastime since the dawn of man and his incomprehensible ego. While the proliferation of the internet has in many ways empowered feminist discourse, the flip side of this coin has emboldened even more viral opinions about how women are doing it (everything) wrong.The latest version of this nonsense came in the form of an op-ed written by a woman titled Why Yoga Pants Are Bad For Women.There&#39;s just, not a whole lot to say about the title alone. What are we doing here, does the author -Hope Jones, know about all of the 80 million forms of institutional sexism holding us back, or nah?Now we have to look hot at the gym? Give us a break. https://t.co/FnOAYdUpLe&mdash; New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) February 17, 2018 The basic conceit of the article is that we need to bring sweatpants back, because yoga pants and the Yoga Pants Industrial Complex (to be fair, I made that one up) present yet another form of oppression via the pressure to be hot at the gym.Remember sweatpants? Women used to wear them, not so long ago. https://t.co/FnOAYdUpLe pic.twitter.com/LBiKxwdJsd&mdash; New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) February 17, 2018 The author waxes poetic about wearing sweatpants to the gym and how she felt judged by the squad of mindless yoga pants clad women.&quot;I got on the elliptical. A few women gave me funny looks. Maybe they felt sorry for me, or maybe they were concerned that my loose pants were going to get tangled in the machine&rsquo;s gears. Men didn&rsquo;t look at me at all,&quot; Jones wrote.Okay, but also, maybe they weren&#39;t looking at you after all because they were SWEATING THEIR LIVES OUT?! What is this special cross-breed of narcissism and insecurity?Why yoga pants are bad for women https://t.co/43DHZJLCYg pic.twitter.com/CfX4GKvx0i&mdash; New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) February 18, 2018 Unsurprisingly, women were quick to respond to the article. Many were quick to mention that yoga pants are more comfortable for stretching. Also, it&#39;s a lot easier to know if you&#39;re safely executing yoga positions if you&#39;re not wearing loose sweatpants.This is an article criticizing women for wearing yoga pants to yoga class. https://t.co/5T8TFNL5qK&mdash; Susan Arendt (@SusanArendt) February 18, 2018 Okay @nytimes. 1) I am sure you had your pick of thoughtful opinion pieces for this Sunday’s edition...and this was your choice? 2) Women writing op-eds about other women’s sartorial choices is bad for women 3) You can have my yoga pants when you pry them from my cold dead booty https://t.co/8RU9l8iVde&mdash; Candice Adams (@TheCandiceAdams) February 18, 2018 “It’s not good manners for women to tell other women how to dress” and yet Honor uses another several hundred words to do just that in this piece. Is this really making or breaking women’s success? If so, then look within at that problem. This is a waste of space. https://t.co/zjhkFFQ2IE&mdash; Annie Heckenberger (@anniemal) February 18, 2018 I always thought smoking, not sleeping enough and patriarchy are bad for women. Turns out I was wrong. It&#39;s yoga pants. https://t.co/APb8Uqs9Lc&mdash; Eva Ich bin sehr müde Horn (@habichthorn) February 18, 2018 As someone who has practiced yoga for years, it’s unbelievable that you think we wear yoga pants because they’re “sexy?!” We wear them because they allow us to maneuver in ways other clothing doesn’t. Alternatively, seeing if you aren’t in the proper position is just as important https://t.co/cy70QBWnrF&mdash; kimmie caruba (@kimmiecaruba) February 18, 2018 1. Yoga is really hard to do in sweatpants bc the loose fabric moves around and can actually injure you if you’re in a pose and your pants slip. 2. 🙄🙄🙄 to this whole thing in general https://t.co/J5WsNTlgSt&mdash; Selena (@selenalarson) February 18, 2018 https://twitter.com/mekosoff/status/965236776888565760https://twitter.com/hlmacmillen/status/965291613483397121If you do anything today, read this cringe worthy @nytimes piece from “Honor Jones” about why yoga pants are bad for women. Then, slip into your sexy yoga pants, grab some popcorn and search honor jones on twitter. Enjoy. https://t.co/Ovg0UpbVp6&mdash; Kelly Roberts (@KellyKKRoberts) February 18, 2018 It&#39;s safe to say this op-ed did not receive a lot of support.https://twitter.com/Lizzie83hp/status/965291658345631745I see someone has posted yet another op-ed on the perils of wearing yoga pants after 30.Lemme clear this up for everyone:Wear yoga pants if you want to. If somebody doesn’t like your over-30 dimpled rolls... tell them not to look. Dress for you, not for anyone else&mdash; Kween KodiKat (@puma_legal) February 18, 2018 https://twitter.com/hlmacmillen/status/965291613483397121It appears it&#39;ll take a lot more than an op-ed to pry the yoga pants from our cold, dead, extremely flexible and well-circulated hands.