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A chat on subreddit /r/NoStupidQuestions
human
There was a company that tried to market women's pants with pockets in the early 2000's here in the UK. They had virtually no sales and went bankrupt because women thought the look with the pockets in them wasn't as good as the look of regular women's pants. So yes women want pockets but seems they don't want pockets at the expense of looking good.

That's not to say today a make with pockets wouldn't do better and that's just 1 example.
gpt
That's weird because I had jeans with enough pocket to put my cell phone and keys until 2010. I have photos where you can just see the corner of my moto x in my front pocket