Reply To: Oh, they just wanna be like men

jmh: If you agree with me, then you have no choice but to be an eviiil feminista. 😛

Derech HaMelech: I do not understand what you are trying to say about angry dispositions, and do not see how it follows my logic.

As for Rebbitzen Meltzer, she decided what her niche was and flourished in it. I don’t see how that precludes others with similar qualities from wanting different things.

Also, to quote what I said on the other thread:

And to clarify–I do not say this in defense of giving women smicha, allowing women’s minyanim, etc. The former may be perfectly admissible, as benignuman claims (and I do not know about the rest), but because all such moves can be so easily interpreted as superficial power-mongering, they are really ineffectual in proving “pure” motives–which I think is the REAL goal. Also, trying to make such a move before establishing that women are *capable* of analytic learning (in religious *or* secular disciplines) really does nothing but force the oppositional view that you espouse.

Toi: Maybe you should give rationalfrummie some beer to go with his lemons. ^_^

rationalfrummie: Thanks. 🙂

writersoul: hear, hear! The analogy is apt. ^_^

Icot: Thanks. 🙂 As for your second point, I can accept that. I think the main point is that people acknowledge where those individuals are coming from, not that they adopt their thinking as their own.