Reply To: Vicarious Accomplishment of Women

“BYM, you’ve been making pretty big statements, and not backing them up at all.”

the fact that this thread has taken off with all this give and take clearly demostrates that people know exactly what I’m talking about when I discuss popular hashkafos. Otherwise, people would be like: “huh”?

If you want sources for anything ask me and will do my best to provide them.

When I say “it seems to me” I am trying to be polite. What I really mean behind these words is: “There’s this thing we are all taught that seems absolutely ___________ to me.” Fill in the blank depending on context. If you really want, I don’t need to be polite.

And it’s not just vague recollections… it’s having read lots and lots of hashkafa books, tapes, shiurim… and teaching limudie kodesh on a high school level (and sometimes beyond) for close to a decade. I think that passes for more than gut.

Like I said, the arguments that ensue when I bring up a point make it clear that you all know what I mean; not much ambiguity.