In Orthodoxy there are clear rules that women are not recommended to wear men's clothing and are not supposed to be like a man. There is a similar prohibition on being effeminate for men. Deuteronomy clearly prescribes to refrain from any kind of dressing.
To prove the correctness and expediency of the ban on a man’s wearing a woman’s dress, you can refer to the Old Testament, namely, the book of Deuteronomy says in verse 22: 5: "A woman should not wear men's clothing, and a man should not wear a women's dress, because the Lord is abominable Whoever does this with thy God. " Also, the theme of the difference between men's and women's clothing was raised later by the apostle Paul in one of his writings, which, incidentally, are recognized by the official church as genuine teachings of Christ.
History of men's dress
During the Old Testament, the clothes of men and women had significant similarities and were almost the same, except for the details: women's robes were longer, noticeably wider than men's, and were sewn from lighter fabric. However, this does not mean that a man could wear a women's outfit. In the men's suit already in the time of Jesus there were "trousers": aprons that wound around the waist and narrowed around the legs - long or short. Their purpose was very pragmatic: to protect the reproductive organ from injuries. The woman could not wear trousers for objective reasons. Thus began the formation of male and female dresses.
Religion and Life
The first sacred texts were not at all like scriptures, they represented a set of worldly rules, something like “Homestay”, and therefore it is not surprising that, for example, the Torah says about how and when a man should dress, how a woman behaves. After only a century - as historians say - some of the texts were rewritten, religious dogma fell on the everyday canvas, and the female appearance became “second-rate” like the woman who caused the fall, an apostate. A ban on the ministry of a woman in the faith was registered (until now, a woman cannot hold the post of priest).
Later, it was the trousers that became the bone of contention for feminists, but this happened a couple of millennia later.
