flatbusher,
As a woman, I very much appreciate your recognition of the difficulties many women have connecting to Simchas Torah.
Obviously, some women are either fine or tell themselves they’re fine with experiencing the celebrations vicariously. But you’re absolutely right – many women and girls have very little interest in watching men go round and round and round. Worse, since they’re not included in the celebrations, many feel as though the Torah isn’t theirs to celebrate.
YITZCHOK2,
I agree with you completely regarding school programs. I really don’t understand why such programs aren’t already in place. Sarah Schenirer’s whole goal was to get girls to love Torah – shouldn’t Bais Yaakovs make this the highlight of the year?