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It was to prevent women from unwanted splashes caused by traffic ?
That's not what I was informed. Came from the days when a lack of bathroom/toilet meant that waste from the night was slung out of the bedroom window, and menfolk, being less valued, were supposed to cop it to prevent the more important womenfolk from getting soiled.
That's not what I was informed. Came from the days when a lack of bathroom/toilet meant that waste from the night was slung out of the bedroom window, and menfolk, being less valued, were supposed to cop it to prevent the more important womenfolk from getting soiled.
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To get back to the original post.
Here's a group of people saying that women shouldn't go near men unless they are married.
If it had been an Islamic group that placed these posters - and there are very many similarities between some of the rules in both religions - do you think the story would have been in the Daily Mail, rather than the Indy? And aog would definitely have had something to say about it.
Here's a group of people saying that women shouldn't go near men unless they are married.
If it had been an Islamic group that placed these posters - and there are very many similarities between some of the rules in both religions - do you think the story would have been in the Daily Mail, rather than the Indy? And aog would definitely have had something to say about it.
It’s nothing to do with good manners. It’s designed to prevent men and women from touching or communicating. On flights to Israel, where a great proportion of the passengers are likely to be Jewish, it is not unusual to witness ultra-orthodox men instructing their wives and children to order food and drinks on their behalf because they will not speak to female cabin crew, or even look at them. Muslims who adhere to particularly strict interpretations of their faith behave similarly.
This has been given an unecessary spin by the media to make it appear to be something it is not.
The immediate inference to be drawn from the story is that women are being degraded by being instructed on which side of the road they may, or may not walk.
The reality of course is far different - a request for religious reasons which has been badly worded and not explained correctly.
A typical puff piece to take our minds of Scotland for a brief time, so we can huff and puff about something else.
The immediate inference to be drawn from the story is that women are being degraded by being instructed on which side of the road they may, or may not walk.
The reality of course is far different - a request for religious reasons which has been badly worded and not explained correctly.
A typical puff piece to take our minds of Scotland for a brief time, so we can huff and puff about something else.
//a request for religious reasons which has been badly worded and not explained correctly. //
For the orthodox Jews, no explanation is necessary. However, unless the road was closed to non-Jews, I do wonder how the organisers intended to keep the women separate from the rest of the male pedestrians? Crazy!
For the orthodox Jews, no explanation is necessary. However, unless the road was closed to non-Jews, I do wonder how the organisers intended to keep the women separate from the rest of the male pedestrians? Crazy!
naomi 24 - "For the orthodox Jews, no explanation is necessary."
Indeed - but surely the entire furore is caused by the fact that non-Jewish people would not understand the request (as it should have been) or the reason, hence the need for an appropriate explanation.
In my experience, the general public have no problem complying with a polite request if they understand the rationae behind it - and that was the problem here.
Indeed - but surely the entire furore is caused by the fact that non-Jewish people would not understand the request (as it should have been) or the reason, hence the need for an appropriate explanation.
In my experience, the general public have no problem complying with a polite request if they understand the rationae behind it - and that was the problem here.
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