Be-pantsed

Dear Jané, / Maybe Mrs. J. P. M., who objects to her daughter-in-law’s “pants,” has a son like my husband.[…]Be-pantsed Housewife, L.A.

“When women are emancipated, or feel they are about to be,” writes Laver, “they invariably steal some article of male attire: the hat, the coat, the waistcoat, and finally, the trousers.” No be-pantsed and booted militant of Women’s Lib would quarrel with that.

I cross my flannel be-pantsed legs and sigh.