[cauterized]

Bullshit. You carry your purse around the office with you, into every meeting? You schlep your purse onto the dance floor? No. Just no.

It's really nice to be able to leave the house without a goddam purse. Tuck a credit card, a $20, a metrocard, a phone, and keys into your pockets and go for a walk in the park with your hands and shoulders completely free and unweighted.

Oh, and a phone in a purse? Harder to hear ring or beep, and you sure as hell won't feel it buzz.

And that's before even mentioning one-handed use, which as someone else pointed out above, is crucial when you have to hold a subway pole or carry groceries.

Women carry purses? Men carry backpacks and messenger bags. They still put their phones in their pockets and get annoyed when they can't. Or would you say it's ok for a phone to bend when you leave it in your pocket because you could just carry it in your backpack instead?