tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-836379088405065709.post6695868367942796041..comments2023-09-05T11:57:38.728-04:00Comments on My Perspective: Double StandardCritiquerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14788007492647988964noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-836379088405065709.post-66864416150219365862010-01-17T20:08:10.566-05:002010-01-17T20:08:10.566-05:00I've never heard about women taking over the n...I've never heard about women taking over the nitty-gritty to protect them men. At least in my world, the women just seem to be more capable and the men perhaps end up having that crutch. Or, perhaps I am describing our own challenges. . .Orthonomicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07892074485262548496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-836379088405065709.post-18742714144143358412010-01-17T12:49:13.896-05:002010-01-17T12:49:13.896-05:00What I understand of the attitude is that while a ...What I understand of the attitude is that while a man cannot look at the lingerie ads because of immodest women modeling, a woman can because she is buying the products. Last night I logged onto a frum hosiery site and the home page featured a package of hosiery with a model's torso clad in hosiery. Even though the site also sell socks for men and children, more than likely, it is the women shopping for the products. It dawned on me that we are so accustomed to see immodesty in ads that frum hosiery sites do nothing to hide the picture on the package in case a man or boy sees the site. The hosiery site is advertised on other frum sites. <br />I am a BT and as such went to a public high school. In one of my classes was a Jewish boy several years older than me. Fast forward to last week. I have a facebook page that I rarely use except to view family pictures from other family members. This man found me on facebook and wanted to be my "friend". While a facebook "friend" can be a total stranger, I chose to ignore the request. There was no way to contact him and explain that in our world, men and women are not "friends", however many frum people today have facebook friends who are non-relatives of both genders because it has become very common. I did ask a rabbi who said that as far as he is concerned the whole thing should be avoided but as he is not a rav, he was not paskening. I bring this up because it is the situation that we are out in the world without leaving home.<br />Are women different than men in this regard? No! Anything can happen and people should be scrupulous to avoid it. <br />As far as media influence, the advertisers know how to advertise to both genders and make us want what we should not have so we must be consciously aware of the effects of advertising.rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03750230430610565818noreply@blogger.com