Men's Dress Worn By Women

[Telemaque]

There are a myriad reasons why a woman would wear pants that are not feminist: fundamentally, they're a lot easier to move around in, which is important if you're doing houwrok or chasing kids and other feminine activities.

I don't believe they are that much easier. Certainly women in the past had a lot harder tasks to do around the house and they didn't have to wear pants. I never said women should never wear pants. Your examples have nothing to do with formal dress or what is required at mass.

I'm guessing you haven't been to many weddings or proms lately, becasue you would see pants on women there.

Brides and Bride's maids in pants. Well, not something I think is appropriate.

Also, if you're going to go with the masculine vs feminine dress isn't relative to culture, how is it you're not wearing a tunic and sandals?

If I were living at the times when that was standard dress I would wear them. And women would wear their standard costume, which was distinguished from that of the men. I wouldn't object to the customs that require that men and women to wear traditionally appropriate dress on sacred occasions.

Or go even further back, a tunic made of the skins of wild animals?
Ugh, we've had this debate enough times.
Person 1: Pants aren't feminine.
Person 2: Who decides what clothes are feminine?
Person 1: They just aren't, and if you don't see that, you're a feminist! (who cares if you're actually a man)

I'm certain, that except in the most dire circumstances (for example, among the Eskimo) that wherever culture has attained a high level men and women establish customary dress that makes a distinction between the two. Certainly St. Paul says men should not cover their heads, and women should. In other words, there are good reasons they should dress differently.