The pants half way down fad, in my opinion, is pretty much over. This is mostly a fad embraced by young males that listen to Hip Hop, Rap music, the fad has run its course and I believe with continuing education to those who do this, the fad will go away within the next year. So, those of you who still do this, let me educate you on where it came from.
Lee D. Baker, Dean of Academic Affairs at Duke University, states that it is widely believed that sagging was adopted from the United States prison system where belts are prohibited. Belts are sometimes prohibited to avoid suicide by hanging oneself, or to avoid being used as a weapon in fights. The style was later popularized by hip-hop artists in the 1990s.
One Wiki Answers reader say’s…
I was just told by an officer last night that it came from inmates a long time ago. if you wore your pants right, it was you were not available, if you wore it down below their butt it was they are available. I guess people wanted to pretend they were in prison or when they got out of prison they kept doing it and others copied.
So to all of you men who wear your pants around your butt/below your butt, are you saying your available to other guys?
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It would seem as if this fad is practiced by folks who just want to be protesters of our legal system, or just want to be on the other side of the law. Just a word to the wise of the latter, you don’t want to be in jail or prison, not a pleasant place, and if you do wind up there, pull them up, maybe you’ll be left alone. As far as the fad is concerned, it seems like most of the people polled, from my research, think the fad is stupid, uncultured, and people practicing it look
ridiculous,
especially when you run. So, pull em up guy’s, you look goofy, and the world is laughing at you, not with you!
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