Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: gibbons@csn.org (Hugh Gibbons) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: QUESTION FASHION Message-ID: Date: 12 Jun 91 02:36:31 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder Lines: 18 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article mib@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Michael I Bushnell) writes: > >The interesting question is what the standards should be when styles >are changing. A century ago, women never wore pants (with the >exception of George Sand :-)). But the style has changed, and now >women wear pants quite regularly. At what point did the style change... The passage in question doesn't make any mention of styles. It is a prohibition against cross-dressing (for the purpose of looking like a member of the opposite sex) which was considered a sexual perversion. -- -------------------- :-) Hugh Gibbons (-: --------------------