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The craziness of women's clothing sizes (pudding.cool)
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[–] chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz 5 points 21 hours ago

I've noticed that sizes are bigger on men's clothing, and I'm of the opinion it's for the dopamine boost of fitting into a smaller size than you expect. If you normally wear a 36 inch waist and all of the sudden that's actually too large, and a 34 fits, that feels good.

Marketing is all about subtle psychological tricks like that. It's disgusting.