I donât really understand how you can be a feminist and follow more Orthodox Judaism practices so Iâm wondering if you can speak on that a little bit because itâs always confused me. Youâve complained about the yeshiva dress code but you go to a shul and weddings and parties where men and women are separated. How can both be possible? (Iâm a Jew btw so Iâm not being rude. Iâm just curious.)
Iâm a feminist and I follow more Orthodox practices. These are choices Iâve made. Thatâs it. Thereâs nothing really to talk about? Some of the gender-separation practices bother me but most donât. Either way, I can still be a feminist and exist in a world that often separates men and women - especially when it is done in a way that brings value to both. They have different *roles* but their autonomy is respected the same. For those of you who werenât raised Orthodox, you have such a skewed view of what Orthodox Judaism is. You can be an Orthodox Jewish woman and not cover your hair. You can be an Orthodox Jewish woman and wear pants. All of my female friends that consider themselves Orthodox love being Orthodox. They love their marriages and their children and the homes theyâve built. Many of them work outside of the home. Some donât. All of them have the choice to do so or not. They all feel they have had complete control over their lives. Many of them also consider themselves feminists. To state that such a thing cannot be true is to show ignorance toward what it means to be an Orthodox woman. Being a feminist is all about choice and about supporting other women. My Orthodox friends know I do not believe in shomer negiah or tzniut and they respect that. I also dress more modestly at shul and around them out of respect. These are choices I make. These are choices my Orthodox friends do not make me feel bad for. These choices donât make you any less or more of an Orthodox Jew just like they donât make you any more or any less of a feminist.
âŚhope that helps! đđťââď¸












