Comments on: Seriously, Why Can’t Jehovah’s Witness Women Wear Pants?

By: Jasmine

Jasmine — Tue, 02 Feb 2016 20:05:56 +0000

Alexis so a person wearing pants is disrespectful? Show me anywhere in the bible it explicitly says women should not wear pants? It doesn’t. Its a matter of the personal choice. As long as its modest that’s what should matter.

By: Alexandra James

Alexandra James — Sat, 16 Jan 2016 19:55:54 +0000

That’s a very good point, that they put too much emphasis on show and not enough on what’s really going on behind the scenes. You’ve actually given me inspiration for a new column, so stay tuned!

By: Peter the Digger

Peter the Digger — Sat, 16 Jan 2016 18:21:27 +0000

This ‘no trousers’ rule bears down heavily on older wonen who feel they must wear stockings with all the suspender stuff if they can’t wear ‘slacks’. Just as the requirement for men tio wear a suit and tie is burdensome – why, when at miost meetings it’s all other JWs, so who would be ‘disrepected’ by a JW, male or femals, in smart-casual attire. Also, the problem here is a ‘thermostat’ effect; psychologists well know that, for example if you make cars safer, people drive them more dangerously; if you make finance less risky, people take greater financial risks. Same with cleanliness (which as the JWs recognise is both physical – clean body, clean clothes – also moral, clean religious standing, virtue etc). If people put great store on attending a religious service in neat, clean, clothes, their virtuosity will decline, they become more standoffish, less willing to help others, more cliquey. In fact it’s worse because you start a culture where the women especially get very competitive, edgy, neurotic, over who has the best dress; the men put great store by ‘shiny shoes and a well=pressed suit’ and ignore all the true signs of a Christian – humility, willingnes to get hands dirty helping others, study and deep analysis of the Bible. Dress and grooming, because its easy, immediate, superficial, and uber-competitive, (my shoes can always be just a bit shinier than yours) becomes the be-all and end all of a JW meeting. Just remind me, didn’t Jesys criticise the Pharisees for ultra opulent ostentatious dress (and grooming)?

By: Alexandra James

Alexandra James — Sat, 02 Jan 2016 14:52:08 +0000

You can’t respect Jehovah in a pantsuit? Says who? Since when did covering your legs completely become less respectful than wearing a skirt?

You wear what you wear because the governing body makes up random rules that appeal to them and which definitely “go beyond the things that are written.”

By: Alexis Meyers

Alexis Meyers — Thu, 24 Dec 2015 15:56:36 +0000

Look, we wear what we wear because we want to respect our god, Jehovah.

By: Rudy S

Rudy S — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 05:49:18 +0000

They can.

By: Elders Daughter

Elders Daughter — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 20:08:40 +0000

They’re stuck in the 50’s. The answer I got was, “we believe in looking our best.” I said, well then, I look my best in a nice slacks suit.” Dead silence. It’s not about what you look best in, it’s about compliance and looking submissive and mousey.

By: Nathan

Nathan — Wed, 05 Aug 2015 17:10:26 +0000

Maybe if they first let grown men have beards, that way the men would be wearing something that women can’t wear. Those men on the Governing Body need to liberate their own gender first before they free up the ladies.

By: Alex James

Alex James — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 10:56:46 +0000

You can show respect while in pants. How is it “disrespectful” to be in jeans in a factory of all places? Or business casual dress, which would be trousers and a nice blouse? Skirts can be especially immodest when in a factory, if you’re on an elevated catwalk where everyone can look up at you. Wearing a skirt means shoes with some type of heel, and that’s downright unsafe in a factory. It’s actually disrespectful to the woman to expect her to dress in a way that exposes her legs (and perhaps even more) and puts her safety at risk, for absolutely no good reason. Asking JWs to respect others, especially women, is too much though. They make up nonsense rules that serve no purpose and as Sarah said, everyone is just supposed to follow no matter what. One sign of a cult, for sure.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 03:10:30 +0000

Bethel is the capital and where all the literature comes from, it’s a sign of respect. When doing anything(literally) related to the JW organization, women must follow the dress code along with any other rules that are in place.