You would think in a hot country, shorts would be very popular. Sadly this is not the case, here and in many countries around the world, men wear pants, no matter how hot is. I asked Izzy why and he gave me this explanation, which I have read online, and is true of many countries.
When kids are growing up they are given shorts so that their parents do not have to continually buy them new pants as they get bigger. When they come of age, and become men, they are given pants. Thus it has become a sign of manhood to wear the pants. According to a bit of research I did, this was also the case in the United States until some 50 years ago or so. On a flight I took recently, I read an article talking about how the British military was one of the first to issue shorts. This was for troops stationed in India who were cutting off the legs of their pants to get some relief from the heat.
In conclusion, if you come to visit me, I don’t care how hot it is, you are going to wear pants.
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