tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302245627574027504.post1755515006881049052..comments2019-05-15T23:59:20.159-07:00Comments on Feminist Legal Theory: Lisa R. Pruitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16469550950363542801noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302245627574027504.post-75138786624840650442016-11-14T17:24:56.886-08:002016-11-14T17:24:56.886-08:00Thank you all for your great comments, links and i...Thank you all for your great comments, links and interesting inputs! :)Flamingohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08658186154646374778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302245627574027504.post-996885634007383822016-11-10T12:26:53.553-08:002016-11-10T12:26:53.553-08:00Flamingo,
This is so interesting! Your post made...Flamingo, <br /><br />This is so interesting! Your post made me think of 19th Century English female authors. I've heard that Jane Austen's prolific writing is attributed to the fact that she didn't have a lot of opportunities to do anything outside of the house. Same with the Bronte sisters and George Eliot. When intelligent women are stuck with few resources, writing and poetry seem to be popular outlets. What makes the Orthodox female authors you talked about is the prolificacy. You've inspired me to look into it further. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05642114253125714282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302245627574027504.post-84574475487051554562016-11-04T15:39:53.707-07:002016-11-04T15:39:53.707-07:00Flamingo,
Thank you so much for writing on this ...Flamingo, <br /><br />Thank you so much for writing on this issue! After reading your blog post I realized how little I knew about the Haredi practices and the issues that women in their community face. I had never heard of the Tzniut practice of wig wearing (brought up by Kyle Kate) which I find extremely interesting. <br /><br />The blog made me think of an old This American Life episode (https://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/516/stuck-in-the-middle) which talks about agunah, which is a women in Orthodox Jewish culture whose husband refuses to get a divorce. Without the husband agreeing, a woman can be chained to their husband for years. It is another really interesting look into the issues that women face in Orthodox Jewish communities, but also looks at how the community is trying to support the women that find themselves in these situations. Joan Mayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15255835956759412262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302245627574027504.post-18429015985183296062016-11-03T13:11:15.724-07:002016-11-03T13:11:15.724-07:00Flamingo,
I appreciate your willingness to dive ...Flamingo, <br /><br />I appreciate your willingness to dive into the intersection of gender and religion. In a typically Christian-normative culture like the U.S., I typically associate religion with opposition to true gender equality. Reading your discussion of the Haredi literary world shows how my frame of mind is problematic. Also, it shows an example of this phenomenon we saw in half the Sky and Winter's Bone; that is, women navigating male dominated spaced and finding their own power and success. Disrupting the foundation of a culture is not easily done and not instantaneous; yet rather than remain complacent, women continually find a way to flourish with what opportunities exist. Earnest Femingwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06449645655000528726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302245627574027504.post-43504515002468419852016-10-25T11:51:28.146-07:002016-10-25T11:51:28.146-07:00Flamingo,
This post floored me. What an important...Flamingo,<br /><br />This post floored me. What an important topic!<br /><br />I have often thought about the ultra-Orthodox treatment of women, having lived in Crown Heights Brooklyn (which has a large Orthodox population) for a few years. I was always dismayed in particular by the wig-wearing Tzniut practice in my Crown Heights days. I don't know why this particular form of modesty bothered me so much, but I have a feeling it had something to do with the lengths that women would have to go to commit to a wig. I suppose Orthodox men also have several commitments they make with their outward appearance. <br /><br />However, I have never fully wrapped my head around the severity of the Orthodox practices in Israel and I was so upset when I read about what was happening in the town of Beit Shemesh (in your Huffington Post article).<br /><br />I did like that your post ended on the upswing however, and I loved the Haaretz article about the literary empowerment that many women have. I think that's brilliant! It led me to look up similar happenings in Brooklyn, where I found the Orthodox Women's EMT Corps: http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-life-and-religion/173488/ezras-nashim-women-emts<br /><br />Both the literary work of women in Israel and the EMT Corps above seem to be forging a path between the modesty requirements of their culture and their need to have more agency and control of their own lives and experiences. This is an incredibly important first step.<br /><br />Very informative! Thank you!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03192921782376440109noreply@blogger.com