Oomis – I think the litmus test is would you discuss these issues in detail face to face with the opposite gender with whom you were not too familiar?
If you would be embarrassed to do so (and I personally believe that the main participants in a forum within ‘Yeshiva World’ should be) then that shows that the issue is too sensitive to be discussed openly in a way that does not very very subtly cause ‘hirhur’ (inappropriate thoughts).
If so then that is something that will be a problem (albeit to a lesser extent) even on an online forum. “
I would agree with you, were we all talking face to face about a subject that probably WOULD cause hirhur. But people have responded to a realistic question that was posed that affects the WOMEN, not the men. Any man who was truly bothered by the women here being taught a little Torah that is mamesh nogeya lahen, should by all means read another thread that is less threatening to him.
We are all anonymous here (one of the true pluses), and I would venture that though some people are reluctant to admit on this forum that the topic was relevant to them, that they were secretly glad to see the mekoros that were quoted.