On Sat, 22 Apr 2017 14:57:35 -0500, Sam E
wrote:

On 04/22/2017 11:06 AM, Oren wrote:

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IIRC female shirts have buttons on the opposite side than a male
shirt.

The way I heard it, male shirts have the buttons where they're easier to
reach. Female shirts have buttons where they're easier for someone else

That sounds like a college story.

to reach. Seems that wouldn't make sense anymore, but people get

It was never the reason.

mentally stuck and assume the way it's been done is the best.

The way I heard it was that originally they were all like women's
clothes are now, but in order to make it easier for soldiers to open
their jacket and get out their sword, the buttons were reversed for
me.