Did 1st century christian women "stand out"?

[The Mrs]

Originally Posted by Digging4Truth

We all have dress standards. Imagine if a man came wearing a shirt with the length of sleeves that many women wear to church (Often just over the top of the shoulder down to elbow length) and wearing pants at the length that many women wear (knee length). He'd look more like he was dressed in modest beach wear than dressed for church. These lengths are regularly accepted for women in many churches but would never be accepted for men.

I don't think it is as much an issue that women are "the ones who have all the dress codes". I think it is more an issue that women are the ones who have issue with the dress codes.

There are areas of all of our lives where we tend to butt heads with standards more than in other areas. Women want to dress up, dress out and show themselves as a natural tendency (apparently from what I have observed) so this is an area that they are always at odds with and so it seems like they tables are heavy in their direction.

Men could care less about these things and so it isn't a big issue. It isn't that women are "the ones" targeted. It's that this is an area that hits closer to home.

I think the main reason for women dressing up is seen in nature and God's creations. God created the male in most species to be the colorful, highly decorated ones that attract the female's attention. (Think lion, rooster, peacock, elk) But for humans, it's the opposite...He gave the woman the nature/desire to be the colorful one that attracts the male's attention.

It's like asking us to go against our God-given nature to be non-decorative.