AviK: as a frum woman living in NY I must say that having signs asking women not to walk on one side of the street or not to congregate in front of synagogues does not violate my basic human rights. (Nor does mandatory seating towards the back or on one side of the bus such as the BP/ Williamsburg or Monsey bus.) It may inconvenience me a little at times but a woman that is tzanuah understands the reasoning and doesn’t make a fuss. Torture, if true here, is an entirely different real human rights issue — don’t make a mish-mash of the two.
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