The answer to whether it is sinful for men to wear skirts or dresses depends on various factors like their culture, regional attire, and motives for wearing them.
Skirts and dresses in the United States are considered feminine garments and intended for women. Some gay men dress in skirts or dresses to endorse or promote their proclaimed femininity, to identify as female, or to appear as women. All such cases are sinful because God forbids people from dressing to appear as members of the opposite sex or biological gender from what He established for them at conception. Deuteronomy 22:5 says, “A woman shall not wear anything that pertains to a man, nor shall a man put on a woman’s garment, for all who do so are an abomination to the Lord your God.”
In other countries like Ireland and Scotland, skirts (called kilts) are not feminine garments but a traditional element of that culture. Many men wear kilts to honor their heritage, culture, or military service, while others wear them to formal occasions like weddings. Men who wear kilts are not sinning because they are not trying to rebel against their God-given gender or masculinity.
Additionally, men in certain African regions and the Arab world wear flowing tunics or robes, which are acceptable garments for the male gender. Men in biblical times also wore this type of apparel, including Jesus. Therefore, these gown-like garments are not inappropriate or sinful for men to wear in these cultures because they are not attempting to appear as women or feminine.
With all that said, the distinguishing mark of whether “skirts or dresses” are appropriate for men to wear depends on their cultural norms and motivations. If they are trying to rebel against their God-given biological gender, attempting to appear as women, endeavoring to identify as female, or promoting their self-proclaimed femininity, they sin because they are rejecting God’s divinely created design for them.
I hope you found this information helpful, valuable, and insightful on this topic.
