Not to undermine the point of the article, but this isn’t so much a “women’s vs men’s clothing” issue as much as it is a “clothing manufacturers have streamline

Not to undermine the point of the article, but this isn’t so much a “women’s vs men’s clothing” issue as much as it is a “clothing manufacturers have streamlined production to the point that nobody will pay extra to redesign clothes that very few people will buy”. This affects sizing standards the most, because there are basically none. Even the most cutting edge, eco friendly, forward thinking clothing brands get their patterns from copying the proportions off vintage or competitors clothes, usually made to fit a tall european twenty-something.