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I don't really like pants most of the time as I live in a hot climate, but when the weather gets cold enough I don't mind wearing pants.

One of my friends though literally NEVER wears pants. She's always in short shorts, or some type of short skirt or dress. Always bare legs basically. The other day I was like, "It's really, really cold today... ya sure you don't wanna put on some pants?" And she flinched and got visually startled, almost jumping back, at the mere suggestion of pants... wow.

I asked her why, and at first she said she'd rather not talk about it, but later on she said that though she barely gets cold on her legs, her mom used to punish her as a kid by making her wear jeans at the beach when she was bad. And since she was so used to being in a bathing suit at the beach, this was incredibly suffocating for her, almost like a prison of some sort. So she basically associates pants with that trauma.

But I'm wondering how common it is for girls to hate pants like this... not for the EXACT same reason as her, obviously, as that's an odd case... but in general, is it common or relatively common for a girl to DESPISE pants like this?

As a girl most of my friends are female, but I feel this'd be an odd topic to bring up, so I'm asking here.