[Avodah] Tzeni'us and gender roles

[Arie Folger]

RMShinnar wrote:
> What has to be understood (and not yet addressed) is, that for good or for
> bad, the role of half the community has changed - and is no longer one that
> is primarily in the home.   but if a woman has the right and option to be a
> lawyer/doctor/teacher/..... - she will be in the public sphere and not in
> the home. (By your criteria, how tzanua is it to get up in front of a class?
> In front of a court?

Sorry to barge in, but IIRC, there is a chazal that considers it
immodest for a woman to stand in front of a court. Cited even by Rashi
Devarim 22:16 (melamed she-ein la-isha reshit ledabber bifnei ha-ish,
which is why she is represented by her parents).

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