Is it inappropriate for women to wear pants ? | Women

By ZigfredDiaz
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As fundamental Baptist Background we were raised to think that women should not wear pants. Our church elders justifies this position by saying that Scriptures says in Deuteronomy 5: 22 that "The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God"

I am not going to give an in-depth theological discussion here, but I plan to do so in the near future. However I was just wondering if this verse applies to women wearing pants that are made exclusively for women. Some dogmatic preachers would answer in the affirmative, but are what they are saying Biblically correct?

Culture and the traditions of a society and age dictates what pertains to man or woman. It is not proper that we establish a set of rules and judge which belongs to who. If we do that we become legalistic and violate what the essence of Christianity is.

For example, Scottish men wear "kilts" during special occasions. The Scottish kilts looks like a woman's skirt.

There was a time in our history when men wear corsets for aesthetic purposes. In modern times some men do wear corsets for medical purposes.

Tunics were worn by the Greeks and Romans. This practice even went as far as the medieval ages. A tunic looks like a woman's blouse.

Until today in some parts of Asia, parts of Africa, and on many Pacific islands men still wear the traditional "Sarong" which is a large sheet of fabric, often wrapped around the waist and worn as a skirt.

Up to now, people in Bible lands wear the same clothing that is the traditional robes and sash that people in history wore.

If we pass judgement upon men wearing the kilt, sarong, tunic and robes with our own Western Culture and tradition, we can certainly say that they have violated Deuteronomy 22:5 because our values, culture and tradition dictates that these kinds of clothing are associated with what our women wear.

We cannot deny that in our own culture, there are pants that are made exclusively for women. Before we use Deutornomy 22:5 to judge women who wears pants, we need to know what the verse truly means by considering the contextual and cultural background of the text. There are certainly a lot of issues that could be further discussed to support the argument theologically. I wish to write about this more in the future.

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