In Joel Rich's e-mail he speaks of an apparent suggestion by RJJ to have a society with totally separate domains for men and women. You can find just such a society in Saudi Arabia where women may not talk directly to a man not her husband even while shopping. She must always be accompanied when going outside her home by a male relative. Besides the obvious abuse and inequlity such a system fosters, i would suggest that we can not create as sexually divided a society, even without the abuse, without violating Chukas Hagoyim. For Moslem countries these sexual separations are very much part of their Chukim, so we must be very careful which we "copy", if we don't already observe them. Remember, we no longer send flowers to Ashkenazik funerals because of Chukas Hagoyim. How much more careful should we be in this gender area of real goyishe Chukim that another religion follows.<br>
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Kol Tov,<br>
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Stu Grant<br>
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