Reply To: Pictures

DY, there is a huge difference between milah and this issue.

Milah is set out in the Torah. Following what the Torah says is definitely NOT a chillul Hashem. Not showing pictures of women who are dressed modestly is NOT in the Torah. It’s a chumrah adopted by people to try and show that they’re more machmir than the next person. That can be a chillul Hashem. If they didn’t want to show women, then they shouldn’t have printed any picture at all. Editing someone else’s picture is wrong, and created a chillul Hashem.

BTW, I never did get a clear answer about histaklut for women. Is a woman allowed to stare at a picture of a man she finds attractive? If not, then why are the papers printing pictures of men? DY, you wrote “if it would cause a problem, it would be assur”. Does that mean you believe there’s no issur?