Joseph, you haven’t answered my question. I’m not attacking – I might very well agree with you if I knew what your point is. When people bring Divrei Torah, they are generally trying to make some point. What is yours?
LB made the point that women are on a higher level spiritually. Are you trying to say that is not so? That it is so? That there is another side to it? Or are you trying to make another point altogether?
btw, I have been meaning to point out something to you about this thread. If I recall (and understood) correctly, you had said that your point in this thread was not to put down women – your point was that women are not better than men, and you felt that some people think so, so you were coming to show that is not true.
Which is fine, but if that is your point, it seems to me that you should make it more clear, because one could very easily draw a different impression from some of the posts in this thread.
If I recall correctly, most of the posts did fit in with that idea, but the title and OP are misleading. It is known that women have binah yeseirah and are on a higher level spiritually, so by saying that is not so, it sounds like you are trying to put down women, even if that is not your intention.
Is your concern that women think that the fact that they are on a higher spiritual level indicates that they are better than men (which is far from the truth and makes no sense)? If so, then maybe you should make that clear, because I think that many people reading this thread may not realize that and may be getting a very wrong impression.
I think that everyone knows that it is considered better in theory to be a boy since they have more Mitzvos, but if Hashem chose to make someone a girl that means that He wants them to be a girl and they are supposed to be happy with their tafkid and feel good about it and focus on the maalos of being a girl. It is not a girl’s job to focus on the maalos of being a boy – she needs to feel good about herself and her tafkid. So she needs to focus on the sources that talk about the maalos of being a girl. Especially today when most girls have a hard time with self-esteem and appreciating the maalos of being a girl.
Obviously, if she thinks that makes her better than men, that’s a problem. I don’t think anyone thinks that, but I could be wrong. If you think that there are women who think that and your point is to come out against that attitude, then please make it clear that that is your point, but don’t come out against the sources that emphasize women’s higher level. Thank you.