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It’s nothing to do with women having access to “mans jobs” [sic]. I mean, part of feminism is understanding that there isn’t such a thing as “men’s jobs” and “women’s jobs”, because jobs should always be given to the most qualified candidate regardless of gender. Of course, you are going to see some pretty significant gender disparities within certain fields, just because of natural aptitude or self-selection (for instance, female construction workers and male speech pathologists are both very rare breeds!) but the point is that if a woman CAN do a job that is usually held by a man, and she WANTS to, she shouldn’t be automatically turned away just because of a long-held prejudice that “ladies don’t do that”. Unfortunately, that happens quite often, even today. That’s the playing field that needs leveling. Plus, even once a woman has found a job that she likes, she won’t earn as much as a man would. Even in the identical position, with identical skills and experience. That’s another playing field that needs leveling.

I wasn’t talking about feminism within Judaism…that’s a different story altogether.