Reply To: Ladies First – Is it respectful or not?

Joe, the SA (Shulchan Aruch) does not use the term “subservient” since it was not written in english. A translation from one language to another is never accurate.

Additionally, the problem that I am referring to could still be a problem even if you quoted the exact word in Lashon Hakodesh used by the Shulchan Aruch. The problem is that that word may have different connotations to people nowadays. That is why you can’t just quote things like this without explaining. (btw, that is one of the problems with the usage of modern hebrew. It has caused us to misunderstand Lashon Hakodesh).