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I’d like to point out that those desirous to comment should look directly at the survey and not rely on summaries given by third parties. I made that mistake and have now discovered that some of my comments were based on misinformation given by other websites that were misquoting the survey.

Here are some points to consider:

1) According to the survey the highest response given by OTD women for leaving was equality. However, that only amounted to 20%. Thus, 80% of the women surveyed apparently were not trouble by women’s role in Judaism. This was misleading.

2) Only 3% of all OTD men were troubled by equality. The websites I saw deliberately left this out.

3) If you combine all the answers given you’ll see that the majority were affected by unanswered questions. Thus, based on this data we can conclude (if the survey is indeed accurate) that our response should be to start encouraging our kids to open up to us with their doubts and warmly provide clear answers. Of course, this is not enough on it’s own, but a good starting point.

One other point to take to heart. It appears from the survey that the more one is exposed to gentile progressive thinking the more likely for him/her to go OTD. Something to ponder.