re: #514 LudwigVanQuixote

Yeah I don’t get that.

I am pretty feminist in pretty much all ways, as I hope everything I write here has shown. However, what is the point of being a woman and wanting to do male mitzvot? It is not as if women are second class with the prayer at specific times exemption and it is not as we aren’t all redeemed in the merit of the righteous women. I mean the Talit and keepah are there specifically for men, because we are seen as less temperate and need more reminders… I really don’t get it.

When I meet those types I ask how they would feel about their husbands lighting Shabbos candles.

That usually shuts them up.

That doesn’t shut them up.

When they complain about how persecuted they are, I just roll my eyes.

Imagine a group of attention queens at the Vatican, holding a Baptist service while wearing Pope hats and cardinal robes, bringing an entourage of media with them while complaining loudly that “Christians aren’t allowed to pray in St. Peter’s Square!”