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Originally Posted by aegsm76
Let me turn this discussion a little bit.
I think we can all agree that a some point all churches and basically all society were against women wearing pants.
The general societal observation was that women wore dresses.
When women began wearing pants, it was the more bold, out-going, in your face women who did so.
Thus, these women were perceived as "loose" and churches preached "against" them and pants.
Now, here is what I am really asking, at what point did it become acceptable for women to wear pants and therefore accepted by churches?
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You're right, and in my opinion
during that time it was advisable for Christian women not to wear trousers. Because of the stigma. But society is constantly changing. Look at a book about the history of clothing. What they wore in the 1400s was drastically different than what they wore in the 1800s. Change is one thing you can count on!
I guarantee you there was the same outcry, the same pounding of the pulpits, the same adjustment period when MEN started wearing pants!! That is a fairly new habit, you know. For thousands of years they wore robes. Only in recent history have pants been the norm. Very recent.
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