Das Crossdressingverbot in Deuteronomium 22,5 im Rahmen queerer Lesarten

That a man should not lose his male supremacy in a patriarchal social order by not dressing like an ordinary woman is a plausible interpretation of the biblical ban on cross-dressing under the postulate of a hierarchical gender relationship to the disadvantage of women. However, Deuteronomy 22:5 does not mention a man’s wish to wear women’s clothing for his own pleasure or to arouse the sexual desires of other men. A woman should perhaps not wear a man’s weapons, lest she take the place of a male warrior. The Babylonian Talmud Nazir 59a and Rashi do not prohibit cross-dressing per se. Neither the biblical verse Deut. 22:5 nor such rabbinical interpretations have any particular relevance for today’s queer people.