WS, I’m not trying to evade anything. There’s obviously a balance between need, and level of compromise in tznius. We have already compromised a great deal in kol k’vuda bas melech, and concurrently, in the mother’s availability to her children, but only because it’s needed. Meiheicha teisi to take it further for no reason? But you knew that.
It’s interesting that you use the term open-minded. I think we’re past that. Open-minded is supposed to mean that one is open to new ideas, but equality is no longer a new idea, it’s for the most part accepted as the norm in Western culture.
The idea that someone can respect women (as I think I, for example do), yet think there is a legitimate concern and reason to discriminate for certain things, is something which maybe you need to open your mind to.