Crossdressing...Just how does a woman participate?

[mfblume]

Originally Posted by Pressing-On

I've never seen or tried on a pair of modest pants in my entire life. LOL! If I'm going to wear them, they sure in the world aren't going to be loose like a bag lady. So, that isn't going to work for me.

I think that most denominations had women wearing dresses. I know the Catholic Church did when we were growing up. When pantsuits came in vogue, it was a big issue and finally the Catholic Church relented so as not to lose members.

Oops.....

Saying what is modest and what is not is far too slanted in many folks. I know the power of a trend in a fellowship firsthand.

And the western culture feminist issue you cite from the same source where I found words that ancient women wore trousers is based upon the idea that what was involved in something's origin is more important than what the actual something is in and of itself, while you agreed Europe influenced our culture with men dressing like modern-day fruitcakes in France () when they first wore pants. To be consistent, your emphasis on stressing feminism's roots with pants for women ought to cause you to abandon pants for men for the French reasons of origin in our culture.

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by mfblume

Saying what is modest and what is not is far too slanted in many folks. I know the power of a trend in a fellowship firsthand.

And the western culture feminist issue you cite from the same source where I found words that ancient women wore trousers is based upon the idea that what was involved in something's origin is more important than what the actual something is in and of itself, while you agreed Europe influenced our culture with men dressing like modern-day fruitcakes in France () when they first wore pants. To be consistent, your emphasis on stressing feminism's roots with pants for women ought to cause you to abandon pants for men for the French reasons of origin in our culture.

That's a good thought. It is just that the "origin" of trousers didn't begin with the fruitcaked men in France.

Anyway, you keep going back to the idea of upholding a standard. I wish you could wash that out of your head for a bit.

I am coming from the point that trousers have, it seems, been universally a male garment and so I want to see where in culture and from who in culture made the transition. I don't have any nefarious plans or ideas here. I am just curious about the subject. So, you can now give a sigh of relief and give me some information that is better than, "thought to have been worn by women". If I gain some type of knowledge, I want it to be accurate.

Maybe a fact finding history lesson is out of place or too much of a tangent on this thread?