For men not to wear any garments or jewelry that are culturally identifiable as womens dress. Throughout history, cross-dressing has been practiced either for licentiousness, both heterosexual and homosexual, or as an aspect of pagan rituals (it is often seen in occult circles, especially in Satanic movements). In recent decades, Amaleki forces of evil have promoted cross-dressing to encourage
both types of wickedness.
This commandment applies according to the traditional definition of mens and womens clothing within any given culture, which may vary somewhat. But the definitions that apply today would be those from the last century or more, and are not affected by recent subversion of cultural attitudes.
Women are also prohibited from cross-dressing under commandment -39, and both commandments implicitly mandate that society establish a clear distinction between mens and womens clothing to prevent confusion.
Examples:
- For a man not to dress as a women for a costume party, nor as part of a comedy routine, nor for educational purposes.
- For men not to wear earrings.
- For men not to die their gray hair, nor to grow their hair long, nor to shave hair off other parts of their body.