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In reply to the discussion: Comedienne Sarah Silverman’s sister arrested at Western Wall in Jerusalem for wearing male prayer sh [View all]Cal Carpenter
(4,959 posts)Israel needs to deal with the HALF OF ITS POPULATION THAT IS NOT MALE.
Human rights are human rights. If a nation chooses to be a religious nation, and that religion (or some faction thereof) tramples on human rights based on gender, then it sure as fuck better expect criticism and ANYONE who believes in human rights and gender equality should look at this critically.
Your relativism (re: "tradition" etc) is anti-human rights. It is anti-gender-equality. Different realities? What? A reality where it is not okay to criticize state-sanctioned sexism? Where human rights have some other meaning?
If those fighting for human rights around the world backed down everytime someone asked them to be forgiving of those who are sexist/racist based on 'tradition' where would we be now?
Fuck that shit. Fuck apologizing for a state that is condoning sexism.