eli5 Why aren’t women’s clothes sized by measurements like men’?

Question

I can understand uniquely shaped clothes (halter tops, etc) but why not pants, skirts, suits, etc?

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Answer 1

Fudgeability factor. The clothing makers figure no woman wants to know what her measurements are. Kinda like a doctor diagnosing someone with pre-diabetes and metabolic syndrome. No practical, useful and factual ‘you have diabetes and you are fat.’ They fudge around with language so they don’t get screamed at by people with unstable blood sugar issues.