[Avodah] Tzeni'us and gender roles

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Mon Aug 10 12:03:54 PDT 2009


Micha [on Avodah]:
> Also, that this worldview is diametrically opposed to the western one
> where significance is too often identified with prominence. And third,
> that much of feminism derives from this identification as well.

A pardigm shift

When I was a kid TV biographies included subjects such as 
Lincoln
Einstein
Churchill
Babe Ruth
Madame Curie

Now it's about celebreties - actors, actresses

Thus, today equal "rights". is apparently also more about celebrity than
about "empowerment" or "greatness".

KT
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