Friday, September 4, 2009

Women Don't …

B"H

The other day I found a pamphlet laying out at our bakery. Someone had left it in the shop window and I read it out loud to some modern Orthodox employees.

The content of the pamphlet was about the "modest woman" and how she should dress and behave:

- Women don’t wear short skirts or sleeves.

- Don't wear skirts where others can look through.

- Don't wear tight clothes where the shape of your body can be seen.

- Don't wear red. (Red is seen as the colour of the prostitutes).

- Don't put on too much make - up.

- Don't speak to strange men.

Suddenly a voice of a female colleague came from the back of the shop:

"Don't breathe !"

Sarcastically speaking, is a religious woman allowed to breathe or is this also forbidden and immodest ?

I was just wondering why this endless list concerned women only. What about immodest men ?

2 comments:

  1. Was it you Miriam that reported last week that in one of the seminaries girls who get married are being paid $275 not to wear makeup at the wedding? Read it somewhere.

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  2. B"H

    No, it wasn't me.:-)

    But generally: Wearing make - up is extremely popular among haredi girls and women. Even at the Toldot Aharon !

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