Re: kol isha in action

[Marvin Margoshes <physchem...>]

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From: "avi finegold" <afinegold (at) yahoo(dot)com>
To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 11:26 AM
Subject: Re: kol isha in action


> >
> > That is the esssence of my objection to the
> > practice.  A woman is hurt
> > because some men (not all) are sexually aroused by
> > the sound of a woman's
> > voice.  It would be better to teach those men how to
> > control an
> > inappropriate emotion.
> >
> >
> >
>
> do you think that every issue of modesty stems for a
> male desire to see women stifled?

No, and it isn't what I said.  Aside from intent, the practical impact in
this case was on the woman performer, and on a mixed audience, many
(probably most) of whom wanted to hear her performance.

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