computer777 -“Health: A woman is allowed to decide what mitzvah to do (supposing as you stated if her learning is indeed a mitzvah). No, she doesn’t have to instead go to a nursing home to feed elderly instead, or go help others with housework. When was the last time you did that? And don’t tell me that you are required to learn, so you need not do those mitzvos. You spend a lot of time online, is it not more important to do such chessed?”
You either didn’t understand my post or you’re deliberately ignoring it. Yes, men have to do Chessed. Being on the Net isn’t in place of doing Mitzvos and noone thought this and you knew this! So why aren’t men running all day to do Chessed? Because they don’t have to stop their learning for this Mitzva because there are others that are doing it. OTOH, women can Not claim their learning takes precedence over doing Chessed, even if you hold it’s a Mitzva! The only way they could say I want to learn now, like Daf Yomi, if there wasn’t any Chessed to do. And in our day and age, there is no such thing as no Chessed to do!
“If a woman wants to learn gemorah (provided she is allowed to), then she can indeed learn after she fills her other obligations, even if it’s late at night, or maybe on Shabbos, or whenever it is she finds the time.
Why if a woman goes bowling, swimming, or other activity, it’s all fine, but if she decides to learn Torah Shebal Peh (provided she’s allowed to), it all of the sudden becomes, she should find another mitzvah to do instead?”
Again you either didn’t understand my post or you’re deliberately ignoring it. The question you had was why can’t you learn Gemorah during the woman’s downtime acc. to those who hold it’s Mutter for them to learn Torah SheBaal Peh? And the answer is -that yes you’re allowed to have downtime in this world, but learning Gemorah wouldn’t help you do this. Why? Because learning Torah has to be done in fear and awe, etc. So if learning Gemorah is like reading a book to you -then this is Not the way you’re allowed, even if you’re a man, to learn Torah! So find something else to do to relax. You mentioned some activities and I mentioned others previously for those who feel that the activities you mentioned aren’t allowed.