Reply To: Oh, they just wanna be like men

Derech HaMelech:

I think that in a thousand years maybe a small handful of women would be able to plumb the depths of Torah like Rav Elyashiv did though. Not because I think women are dumb, but because I think that women’s intelligence generally lies in different areas.

That is not the point. I am not trying to prove that women are inherently capable of Torah study. All I am trying to say that that those who are not be denied their abilites simply because it does not fit into certain perceptions of what a woman should be.

An example: A man is able to cook. When a man cooks, he makes food. When a women cooks she does avodas haMikdash. So why would a man cook (obviously not talking in extenuating circumstances)?

I think gavra’s response to this illustrates the point I am trying to make–that perceived gender roles have been taken to such an extent that they do not really have any root in actual halachic proscriptions.

My point is, why make our own avodas perach? Why would we want to put ourselves into a situation where we are not enhancing ourselves is the way most beneficial for our roles?

You are centering religious worship around gender roles. My premise is that religious worship may not necessarily be centralized in the way you think it is.