A Politician Wants to Outlaw Yoga Pants—Here Are 7 Things That Should Be Illegal Instead

In eye roll-worthy news, a Montana lawmaker is seeking to outlaw yoga pants. Rep. David Moore introduced the bill earlier this week. It would expand indecent exposure law to include any nipple exposure and any garment that “gives the appearance or simulates” someone’s genitals, pelvic area, butt, or a woman’s nipples. 

Moore says yoga pants—a.k.a. the super comfy, form-fitting bottoms with which we are all familiar and maybe even love to wear on a regular basis—fall under this description. We’re no lawmakers, but we have to guess that there are more pressing issues than passing laws that are really all about men who can’t keep their eyes to themselves. To help, we came up with a list of things that should be outlawed way before yoga pants.

1. Catcalling 
Of all the things that should be deemed public indecent, unwanted sexual comments on the street top our list. And to anyone who thinks that ditching clothing like form-fitting yoga pants would put an end to it, this video documenting a woman being street harassed definitely proves that assumption wrong. 

2. Asking Women About Their Work/Life Balance
How does your husband feel about your career? Can you handle being a boss and a mom? How do you balances your responsibilities at home with your responsibilities in the work place? Enough already.  

3. All Sexist Questions and Comments Celebrity Women Have to Ward Off, For That Matter
What’s your diet and workout regimen? What kind of underwear can you wear with that costume? Yeah, we’re over it (and female celebs are, too). 

4. Ass Grabbing at Bars
Alternatively, we’ll take a law that says it’s 100 percent acceptable to knee a guy in the nads in return. Keep your hands to yourself, buddy. 

5. Calling Grown-*ss Women “Girls”
Unless it’s prefaced by “hey” and coming out of Ryan Gosling’s mouth, we are women, not girls. 

6. Public Crotch Itching
If you think an innocent pair of yoga pants is indecent, you clearly haven’t seen a dude digging for gold. Yeah, itches down there happen—but guys know we can see them, right? 

7. Manspreading 
Ahh, how good would life be if taking up a seat and a half on every bus, train, plane, and bench with super-spread legs was illegal? Excuse us, we’ll just be over here daydreaming about how nice it would be not having to make ourselves as small as possible to accommodate our manspreading seatmates. 

 

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