Is It Proper For Women To Wear Pants ?

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 will not make this discussion into an in-depth theological issue although I plan to do so sometime. I am just wondering if this text applies to pants exclusively made for women. There are fire and brimstone preachers who would answer in the affirmative. Bu the most important question to ask is, is this Biblically correct?

It is the culture of a society and the trend of the age that ditates what rightfully pertains to man or woman. We just cannot make a set of rules and judge which belongs to who. Doing that would be doing percisely what Jesus Christ was very vocal against that is legalism.

Examples of what I am saying can be found in history and even in modern times. For instance, Scottish men wear "kilts" which look like women's skirts during special occasions.

Sometime ago men wore corsets for aesthetic purposes. Although this practice has long been abandoned, today some men still do wear corsets for medical reasons.

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.

Many men still wear the traditional "Sarong" in today's modern day and age. This practice is found in some parts of Asia, parts of Africa, and on many Pacific islands. A "Sarong" is a large sheet of fabric, often wrapped around the waist. It definitely looks like a women's skirt.

In Bible lands, even until today some people still wear the same robes and sash that was the traditional clothing that was worn in ancient times.

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.

There are pants that are made exclusively for women, before we use Deutornomy 22:5 to judge women who are wearing pants, we have to check out what it really means and consider the contextual and cultural background surrounding the verse. A lot could be said theologically about this subject and I wish to deal with this in future articles.

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