if you were to delve deeper into the matter, you would find that your experience is not just the tip of the iceberg of a deep-rooted misogyny in the halakha and hashkofe but a systemic foundation in Orthodoxy. The protestations of any female representatives of modern orthodoxy that everything is wonderful are pure self-deception and encourage the perpetuation of this chauvinism.

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