Why Women Shouldn't Wear Pants!

By David J. Stewart

"In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel..." -1st Timothy 2:9

Women are to dress in "modest" apparel.  The Greek word for "modest" in 1st Timothy 2:9 is "Kosmios" which means "of good behavior."  Hence, the attire which a woman wears often conveys a message as to the type of moral character which she possess.  Proof of this is found in Proverb 7:10... "And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart."  One cannot deny that sexually suggestive clothing is the attire of a harlot.  The next question is obvious--are pants on a woman sexually suggestive?  Frankly, Yes!  Any idiot knows that men are sexually aroused by SIGHT.  This is the great danger of women wearing pants.  Lest you think this a trifle matter, Jesus condemned the lusts of the heart as equivalent to ADULTERY in Matthew 5:28, "But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart."  Maybe you don't care; but there are godly men who are trying to maintain clean minds, and you're helping to hurt them spiritually.  God will hold every woman accountable for EVERY lust she intentionally caused in men by her immodest apparel. 
 

Many Women Sinfully Sport in Causing Lasciviousness

It is evil for any woman to deliberately cause lasciviousness by her immodest attire.  Some women are very cruel.  This evil is VERY common today.  In fact, many people think it's perfectly normal and acceptable for women to dress whorish to arouse men, with no consideration for the sexual sins caused by their evil influence.  Of course, men who are sin-loving pigs want women to wear pants and miniskirts.  It is sinful for women to wear pants or miniskirts.  Please don't misunderstand me, I'm not saying that it's wrong for a woman to look her best physically; HOWEVER, the Word of God clearly teaches that a godly woman should desire to attract men to her character, NOT her body... "Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.  For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves" (1st Peter 3:3-5).  Seldom do we see virtuous women anymore--who look, talk, walk, and behave like feminine ladies.  In most cases, women are now wearing pants and all sorts of immodest clothing on purpose (1st peter 3:3-5). 

By the way, a woman who purposely dresses immodestly is guilty of idolatry.  She is placing her own will above God's Word, making herself to be a god, and is causing men to worship her body.  Many secular songs have been written to attest to this fact, such as John Mayer's "Your Body Is A Wonderland."  This one song in particular has brought Mr. Mayer world attention and acclaim.  The song is nothing more than idolatrous worship of a woman's body--SEX!  The Word of God commands us, as believers, not to love the lusts of this world (1st John 2:15-17).  John Mayer is serving the Devil.
 

The Truth Concerning Women Wearing Pants

Here's a great explanation of why women shouldn't wear pants from a godly woman...

"Modest" means not extreme or bold, and not morally loose. Those can apply to pants, yes; but when I have on a pair of pants, I don't feel that my body is covered. Pants are form-fitting, thus exposing my body. That's just how I feel. The illustration that Cathy Corle uses is two pictures of the same woman. The first one has her in a nice dress. She asked a group of ladies what they noticed about this woman, and they answered her face. Then she showed them the picture of the same woman in a pair of jeans and asked what they noticed. They said their eyes were immediately drawn to the crotch area! That drove home to me that clothes can emphasize the body or the face; I'd rather have folks, especially men, notice my face and not my body. Again, this is my feeling.

        The other thing that convinced me was the doctrine of separation from the world. The fashion of the world is to wear pants (patterned after men's clothing). This wasn't the case until about 100 years ago, when actresses began wearing pant suits that resembled men's suits. Before that, women almost universally wore dresses (I remember my Granny saying that she wore her brother's overalls to pick cotton to keep her legs from getting all scratched up). So the fashion of the world became women wearing pants. I felt that, to be separate from the world, I needed to dress differently than the world. I also needed to be feminine and distinctively female; there should be a noticeable difference between my clothes and a man's clothes. The difference in our culture is that women wear dresses and men wear pants, so I believe it's right for me to wear dresses.

        Several years ago, my pastor gave some principles for Christian dress. They're very helpful, and they can be applied to male or female, pants or dresses.

  • 1. Modesty - does this clothing cover me adequately? I Tim. 2:9
     
  • 2. Not worldly - does this clothing reflect the current trends of Hollywood and TV? I John 2:15
     
  • 3. Difference - does this clothing easily show there's a difference between me and the opposite gender? Deut. 22:5
     
  • 4. Inoffensive - does this clothing offend a brother or sister in Christ? As a woman, will this cause my brother to stumble or think lustfully about me? Rom 14:7-8,12-13 I Cor. 10:23; 8:13
     
  • 5. Glorifies God - does this clothing glorify God, or does it call attention to me and glorify me? I Cor. 10:31

As for this being a matter between a wife, husband, and God:

        A saved man will encourage his wife to do what God is laying on her heart. Several ladies have mentioned how their husbands didn't see the need for dresses only, but supported them in wearing them because the ladies felt that is what God wanted them to do. With an unsaved husband, the dress issue can be a witness to her husband in one of two ways: if he doesn't mind her wearing dresses only, it can be a witness of her changed life; if he doesn't want her to wear dresses only, her submission to him in this area will be a witness to him (especially if she makes sure to wear what pleases him when they are at home, even if she wears dresses all the rest of the time).

        This issue is just like any other that families have to make a decision about. If your heart is open to do whatever God wants you to, and you study scriptures related to it and come to a different conclusion than others, you've done what you need to to follow God's leading. We have freedom in Christ to follow Him as He leads us to. I don't know why some people develop certain convictions and others don't. How people dress is not a salvation issue; it's a separation issue. It's not my job to win them over to my way of thinking on separation - it's the Holy Spirit's job to teach them how God wants them to live. If they ask why I believe something, I'll tell them; otherwise, I stay quiet. -SOURCE

Thank God for such godly and feminine ladies who stand for the truth, and please the Lord Jesus by being virtuous.
 

"Pornography" is NOT a Legally Recognized Word

This is very interesting.  The word "pornography" is NOT recognized in the U.S. courts because it is a relative term.  What may be considered "pornography" to me, may not be to you.  I experienced this exact situation with my boss at work.  I had complained about my co-workers bringing Playboy into the break area, so my boss told them to take them home.  In contempt and spite, my co-workers brought in MAXIM MAGAZINE instead to harass me.  When I complained to my boss about MAXIM, he argued with me that they weren't considered pornography.  Well, you can't even log onto MAXIM's website unless you're 21 years of age... I rest my case.  MAXIM MAGAZINE is filthy, evil, vile, pornographic, and sinful.  After threatening an EEO complaint, the MAXIMs disappeared quick.  It would be a wonderful thing if every Christian man in America would demand that pornography be removed from his workplace.  Please read the following:

"Pornography" is a layperson's term, with no particular legal significance. Jones may believe that Penthouse is non-pornographic, while Smith believes that it is. Neither is incorrect.

The term of legal significance is "obscenity", which, after struggling for many years and through many cases, the U.S. Supreme Court defined in Miller v. California in 1973. It is a three-part test, as follows:

"The basic guidelines for the trier of fact must be:
(a) whether "the average person, applying contemporary community standards" would find that the work, taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest, Kois v. Wisconsin, supra, at 230, quoting Roth v. United States, supra, at 489;
(b) whether the work depicts or describes, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct specifically defined by the applicable state law; and
(c) whether the work, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value."

Note that part (a) does employ community standards. However, all three parts must be met for a work to be deemed obscene, and part (c), as the Court has held elsewhere, is a national threshold, not a community test. -SOURCE

So the key is for Christian men to complain about "OBSCENITY" in the workplace.  "Obscenity" IS a legally recognized term.  Although debatable in court, one would surely be hard pressed to justify MAXIM MAGAZINE. 

I shared this information with you to say this, pants on women is OBSCENE by every definition of the word.

Obscene:

  1. Designed to incite to indecency or lust.
  2. Offensive to the mind.
  3. Suggestive of or tending to moral looseness.

Tragically, most of the people in society today don't consider pants on women as obscene, so it wouldn't hold up in court; but they sure did 100 years ago.  Women were actually arrested for smoking in public 100 years ago.  Stores pulled down their shades on Sunday to prevent passers-by from window shopping instead of going to church.  Alcohol was illegal in the good old days.  The gangsters only thrived because of government corruption, not because of prohibition.  It's the same corruption today--do you really think our government can't keep out illegal immigrants?--do you really think our government is innocently missing trillions of dollars?--do you really think our government can't keep illegal drugs out of the country?  We have been lied to by our government leaders for far too long, because most Americans are dumb enough to believe what they hear.

The frightening thing about the court's definition of obscenity is that it hinges on the moral condition of society at that particular time.  This is situation ethics, not morality.  America had morals 100 years ago; but no longer.  Today, Americans murder their own children by abortion, and encourage their kids to follow Harry Potter's witchcraft.  Now legislatures are considered the legalization of "gay marriages."  Hundreds of homosexuals have ALREADY been legally married!  Just wait until the divorces!  Can you imagine when a man has to pay alimony and child support to another man?  If I were the judge, I'd have to take several breaks to keep from laughing.  What has our nation come to?  My how times have changed!  As American society becomes more apostate, homosexualized, promiscuous, and adulterous--the Biblical teaching of modesty is increasingly scorned with utter contempt.  Indeed, pants on women is obscene by Biblical standards, and is a form of pornography which encourages men to lust.

Let the heathen rage if they don't like the truth--God is still on His throne!
 

Immodesty is Destroying America!

The bottom line is that pants on women cause men to lust in sinful adulterous thoughts (Matthew 5:28).  Do you think it's a mere coincidence that homosexuality, child molesting, rape, and all sorts of other sexual sins have become prevalent in the United States within the past couple decades?  Folks, it's the immodesty of women in society that has caused this.  If I had my way, I'd burn every pornographic magazine.  I'd burn every Sports Illustrated.  I'd burn every women's lingerie catalog, that husbands are tempted to look through.  You can laugh if you want, but God is on my side.  The carnal, and unsaved man, laughs at such morals--as they also scoff at God's Word, make light of salvation, and curse the name of the Lord.  It's all a big joke to so many people today; but they won't be chuckling when they stand in judgment before their Creator.  They won't be drinking beer then.  They won't be fornicating then.  They'll be weeping in regret and shame.

The song you are now hearing is: "It Is Wonderful To Be A Christian"  If you are a born again Christian, then behave like one, for you and I will have to give account to God for everything in our life (Romans 14:12).

"Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.  For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.  And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever." -1st John 2:15-17

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