Reply To: Defend Yourself!

rationalfrummie: I now understand where you are going with this, let me repeat it:

We have had examples of high-powered women in the past (and have dealt with their status in Halacha), but they were few and far between. Now that it is more common, we have to ask ourselves whether we should evolve our societal norms based on the external norms.

My (obvious, I think) answer to that is yes. Making women more comfortable to show their Ma’aros to a Baki, or Shailos in Basar V’chalav is always a good thing, so including women is a positive. I’m reminded of the story (IIRC, it is a medrash Tanchuma) regarding a Kohen teaching his wife to view Ma’aros of Tzaraas, and this would be no different.

That being said, the halachos of “Shrarra” are very different.

For example, a Ger is excluded. This is due to the Pasukim that deal with Melucha (IIRC), and therefore would not change due to the “positions of power” that a woman may hold in the boardroom.

This is being Dan L’Kaf Zechus that you don’t actually mean that real Halacha changes, but rather our approach to what we need in Halacha.