Here's my post from the other thread --
I think that what's causing such an uproar here is not the mere fact that the women are wearing pants, but the fact that an official SSPX publication published a photo of their official employees ALL wearing pants. Now, if one of them had had pants on, I think nobody would have said too much. I agree that you don't want to run around like Jansenists practically swooning from scandal every time you see a woman in pants.
But this is sending a quasi-official message, that there's NOTHING WRONG with women wearing pants. Think of the scandal caused here. Some people have mentioned that their local SSPX priest came out against pants. How does this not completely undercut him? Now, if someone tries to dissuade a woman from wearing pants, she could just whip out this photo and say, "See here. Even a Traditional Catholic organization has no problem with women wearing pants. Are you more Traditional than the SSPX?"
I had this same kind of issue at one point with my daughters. I don't let them listen to bad music, especially from depraved artists like Katy Perry. So our kids' perception is that we're very strict. But it's easier to win the argument against "but all my friends are allowed to listen" by simply pointing out that these are worldly people lacking faith. But one of the teachers at their Traditional school was talking about how much she liked Katy Perry. So now it's a much more difficult case to make. "Are you more strict and rigorous than even the Traditional Catholics?" If a Traditional Catholic husband tries to dissuade his wife from wearing pants, all she has to do is whip out this picture and the argument is lost. It would be quite another matter if unofficially the women dressed like this at the office, but FOR CRYING OUT LOUD DO NOT put a picture like this in an official publication. At least require that they dress up for "picture day".