Reply To: Short Skirts

To add to AviraDeArah and Philosopher’s points:

Would you find it objectionable if women critiqued a behavior of certain groups of men who were acting incorrectly in public? Such as, say, if some men made a habit of walking barechested past your house everyday on their way to the pool. You wouldn’t object if a woman started a thread here (or a conversation on the lawn in the bungalow colony or at a shul kiddush or at a community gathering) complaining of such unkempt and improper behavior.

How much moreso when severe halachos (discussed above in this thread) are being violated by the perpetrators themselves — as well as causing thousands of more innocent bystanders to unwillingly violate halachos themselves by even inadvertently seeing them. לִפְנֵי עִוֵּר

Nor do I think you’d object if a woman complained about the men’s sports team being too wild or noisy in the neighborhood. Or a woman complaining about some Kollel guys loafing in the street rather than learning in the Beis Medrash.

Furthermore, as everyone knows and surely often heard, rabbonim can and often do directly discuss this (and related) issue of women’s tznius from the pulpit. And at Shiurim, drashos and mussar schmoozes for men (as well as for women.) And the last I checked most Orthodox rabbonim, other than those affiliated with Avi Weiss, are men.

Finally, and perhaps most importantly, Halacha itself (see the Gemora, Shulchan Aruch, Rambam, sh”ut, and the Seforim Hakedoshim throughout the ages) clearly and unambiguously state and stress that the obligation and imperative to enforcing and insuring compliance with Hilchos Tznius are the direct responsibility of every husband and father regarding their wives and daughters. He is halachicly required and deputized to insure its compliance.

The previous points made by AviraDeArah and Philosopher are just as important and are in addition to what I just added.