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Category Archives: Feminism
The Position Of Women In Modern Orthodoxy Is Not Changing
Essay: [Marc B.] Shapiro considers that while the position of women is discussed in some intellectual circles, their actual position in Modern Orthodoxy remains more or less the same as thirty or sixty years ago. “They function as mothers and … Continue reading
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What Happens When You Ordain Women?
A friend writes: “Yesterday we visited a SDA church where boys and girls and men and women led in equally effective and comfortable ways. I was ashamed as I simultaneously watched this and thought about the thousands of pages and … Continue reading
The War Against Women
The writers for the website Jezebel, which routinely publishes vile attacks on white men, complain that their bosses are not doing enough to protect them from porny commenters. Can you imagine men making these complaints? Because women are more in … Continue reading
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Slate: Male Basketball Coach Says a Female Coach Could Never “Mold Boys Into Successful Men”
Slate’s Amanda Hess is upset by this point that boys need male role models to turn into men. Girls naturally turn into women, but boys need male mentors. As one coach said: “A big part of being a college coach … Continue reading
The Censorship That Stopped Scholar Marc Shapiro From Writing For Tradition Magazine
Rectify posts: “Let me ask you – you and some others are so concerned about the censorship of the bare breasted and otherwise revealing images – so perhaps you should adorn your books with them, such vital parts of the … Continue reading
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Four Negative Results Of Feminism
Dennis Prager writes: The first was the feminist message to young women to have sex just like men do. There’s no reason for young women to lead a different sexual life than men, they were told. Just as men can … Continue reading
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Tagged Dennis Prager, hook ups, new york times columnist, pleasure women, trusting men, york times columnist
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Women’s Prayer Groups Are Passe
In a 2010 lecture on R. Joseph Messas and R. Avraham Shapiro, Marc B. Shapiro (no relation) says that the Sephardim have always had a positive view of the return to Israel. Sephardim have never been anti-Zionist. Rav Messas wrote … Continue reading
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Tagged Marc B. Shapiro, mechitza, prayer groups, rabbi avi weiss, sefer torah, traditional judaism, upper west side
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Is This What Discrimination Looks Like?
A few weeks ago, the rabbi of Bnai David-Judea wrote that he was no longer saying the morning blessing “Thank you God for not making me a woman” because it reflected bigotry towards women and that Orthodox Judaism had a … Continue reading
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Tagged beth jacob congregation, family purity, nai david, orthodox rabbis, orthodox shuls, torah scholarship
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The Mommy Track
Kate posts: “I’m not a mommy-track type, but I can see the appeal. If you want to earn more money, learn to demand it. Or negotiate, to use a nicer word. When I was a producer, I was, frankly, very … Continue reading
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Tagged charles seife, document women, female bosses, mommy track, paycheck fairness act, universal child care
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International News Media Name The Woman Who Accused Domonique Strauss-Kahn Of Rape – Nafissatou Diallo
According to this Ghana publication from May 18, here is a picture of Nafissatou Diallo, the maid who accused DSK of rape. Is this really her? Nafissatou Diallo lied rampantly but the American news media protect her identity. Here’s the … Continue reading
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