4 Times Women in the US Were Actually Arrested for Wearing Pants
Ridiculous History
iHeartPodcasts
4.2 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 13 September 2019
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Today we take a look at a practice that many of us do every day without a second thought - namely, wear pants. However, for women throughout history, wearing pants has not always been such a trivial matter. Join Ben and special guest Christopher Hassiotis as they examine four times that women in the United States were arrested simply for wearing pants.
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| 1:52.4 | Welcome to the show Ridiculous Historians. We are so happy that you have joined us today. |
| 2:08.0 | My name is Ben. I was always joined with our super producer, Casey Paggram. |
| 2:14.1 | My trusty co-host, Noel, is on some adventures and I have the immense pleasure of welcoming back to |
| 2:23.4 | the show. One of our favorite recurring guests, longtime friend of mine in real life and then |
| 2:30.9 | longtime friend of the show. Folks say hello to Christopher Hossiotes. Ben Casey, thank you so |
| 2:36.2 | much for having me back. It's a real pleasure. Yeah, I'm glad we worked out that cookie thing. |
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