What does it mean when she says that orthodox Jews average six women per child? Does she mean six children per woman? Or am I missing something about communal social structure?
Also, kudos to you guys for managing to get through a very thoroughgoing chat about feminism without really acknowledging the most oppressive anti-feminist [and anti-Enlightenment] force in the world today, which is...wait for it...Islam! Not "radical Islam," but garden-variety Islam.
It's like having an hour-long conversation on the dysfunctional aspects of Italian politics without ever once mentioning the N'Drangheta. Bravo! [standing ovation] Because if there's one thing both mafia types and Muslim types really can't stand, it's any sort of criticism. It tends to make them violently vindictive, as Salman Rushdie learned the hard way.
And I would also like to congratulate you for glossing over the fact that of all the women in the world, it's really only Israeli women who possess the--ovarian fortitude?--to not only call out the evils of Islam as the global threat that they are, but to fight them in the only language that they really understand: Molten lead to the dome.
I must say, you guys did a fantastic job in addressing a hot topic while studiously omitting the elephant in the room--because we want to stand up for our values, but we don't want to end up like Salman Rushdie, do we?
As an encore, why not interview Ayaan Hirsi Ali, and make this a more multicultural affair? She ticks all the boxes your audience would appreciate. Unfortunately, she talks very much in the manner of Israelis, so I don't know if y'all would be speaking the same language, capisce?
>So there may well have been some matrilineal tribe where women had high status in their village
Is it gender equal or unequal when women have higher status? Is the inequality function max(0,men's status - women's status)?
(Making the very simplifying assumption that 'status' can be reduced to a scalar value)
What does it mean when she says that orthodox Jews average six women per child? Does she mean six children per woman? Or am I missing something about communal social structure?
Also, kudos to you guys for managing to get through a very thoroughgoing chat about feminism without really acknowledging the most oppressive anti-feminist [and anti-Enlightenment] force in the world today, which is...wait for it...Islam! Not "radical Islam," but garden-variety Islam.
It's like having an hour-long conversation on the dysfunctional aspects of Italian politics without ever once mentioning the N'Drangheta. Bravo! [standing ovation] Because if there's one thing both mafia types and Muslim types really can't stand, it's any sort of criticism. It tends to make them violently vindictive, as Salman Rushdie learned the hard way.
And I would also like to congratulate you for glossing over the fact that of all the women in the world, it's really only Israeli women who possess the--ovarian fortitude?--to not only call out the evils of Islam as the global threat that they are, but to fight them in the only language that they really understand: Molten lead to the dome.
I must say, you guys did a fantastic job in addressing a hot topic while studiously omitting the elephant in the room--because we want to stand up for our values, but we don't want to end up like Salman Rushdie, do we?
As an encore, why not interview Ayaan Hirsi Ali, and make this a more multicultural affair? She ticks all the boxes your audience would appreciate. Unfortunately, she talks very much in the manner of Israelis, so I don't know if y'all would be speaking the same language, capisce?