I think the following quote cited by @On the Contrary in their recent post on Marriage says a great deal in this regard:
"This is why Abp. Fulton Sheen says in Life is Worth Living: When a man loves a woman, he has to become worthy of her. The higher her virtue, the more noble her character, the more devoted she is to truth, justice, goodness, the more a man has to aspire to be worthy of her. The history of civilization could actually be written in terms of the level of its women."
Is there any doubt the bottom photos in that meme reflect a culture that fails to capture the essence of that womanly ideal....?
In fact, I was going to post another image here of a "woman in jeans" with my comment, just for the sake of contrast with Sheen's quote; but a basic Google image search for "woman in jeans" produces nothing but images you might see on a hyper-sexualized pin-up calendar -- that's how synonymous "woman in jeans" is with a fallen culture that has reduced women to objects.
Women wear pants and leggings because they are easier and more comfortable. Most women are not thinking about agendas nor desire to be men as they dress themselves.
"Most women are not thinking..." Right, that about sums it up, and that's the biggest part of the problem.
When they die, God is going to ask these women whether they were thinking. Each and every moment of our lives we should be thinking about our eternity, our sanctification, our final judgment -- we should be thinking about how our way of dressing and our behaviors reflect Christ and His values....or not -- and how we affect the society in which we live; whether our lives ennoble the world in which we live, or simply go with the flow.
Our Lady spoke of a number of concerns at Fatima -- and one of them that the Mother of God took time to mention was "Fashions".....
“Certain fashions will be introduced that will offend Our Lord very much.”
“Woe to women lacking in modesty.”
“More souls go to Hell because of sins of the flesh than for any other reason.”
From the same article:
Saint John Chrysostom instructed women of all times about dress when in the fourth century he declared:
“You carry your snare everywhere and spread your nets in all places. You allege that you never invited others to sin. You did not, indeed, by your words, but you have done so by your dress and your deportment …
"When you have made another sin in his heart, how can you be innocent? Tell me, whom does this world condemn? Whom do judges punish? Those who drink poison or those who prepare it and administer the fatal potion? You have prepared the abominable cup, you have given the death-dealing drink, and you are more criminal than are those who poison the body; you murder not the body but the soul.
"And it is not to enemies you do this, nor are you urged on by any imaginary necessity, nor provoked by injury, but out of foolish vanity and pride.”
This is not helpful. You need not be pedantic to make a point. I myself am no longer wearing pants and never after I asked my pastor about it. He did not pontificate or insult. My point is that by and large women are not looking at agendas when opting for pants, but comfort and versatility. All women are not looking to offend and tempt nor do all women who wear pants hate the feminine. There are good reasons for women to not wear pants and it should be discussed in charity not condemnation.
If only women understood the power they gave up when they started dressing immodestly (and like men.) While the examples show traditional folk dress that women would now only wear ceremoniously it makes an excellent point on how feminine modesty and beauty has been attacked by neo-marxist corporatism everywhere. Why do modernists hate the feminine so much?
In the new dystopia everyone including men and women dress the same. How boring!
Far more practical. AND more comfortable, actually.
@philosopher Agreed. For that matter, why not go full "native" like they do in jungles. Clothing is not a matter of comfort, but of virtue and societal values -- which ought to be fully Christian.
Someone should have told the Greeks. ;-) Alabastron (jar) depicting an Amazon. Dated to 470 B.C.
"How many amazons do you see running around? None, because..." @Mathathias Maccabeus I think you'd better stop for a moment and re-think that. :D
@Mathathias Maccabeus I thought Amazonians was a myth created by Plato to warn the men what would happen to society, when they retreat from their responsibilities.
If man is a cancer, then anything that makes life more interesting and enjoyable needs to be eliminated. The Church has gone along with it, in so many ways.
I wonder how many women think to themselves when they wear a pair of pants, "Gee, what a good communist I am?"
No. Some of us think 'Heck, these things are SO much more practical and comfortable than a skirt or dress'.
Honestly, I think a majority of Western women have ditched the jeans for leggings. They must be more comfortable albeit it makes one cringe when un-athletic women wear them.
Interestingly, in the Middle Ages only men wore them.
Vive la diference ,they want to cancel the history the culture and traditions of every country ,to bring their own evil idilogies and controls on us ,these elites they are not even elected ,but they are depopulation lovers