How do ultra-orthodox Jews handle the whole "menstruation women" prohibitions?

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I see a man sticking out his hand at a woman as a man who assumes it’s his right to expect a woman to touch him. I see a man with a hell of a lot of entitlement issues and no respect for other cultures, in other words a jerk.

But you’ve said that it’s OK for a woman to offer her hand to a man. She’s claiming the man as chattel. The fact that she thinks she has the right to touch a man disgusts me. I see a woman with a hell of a lot of entitlement issues. In other words, an asshat.

I can’t think of a culture yet that has a history of women raping men or of wives killing or beating or divorcing husbands because they appeared to friendly with other women. If that ever occurs you might have a point. As things are the act of iniating physical contact much like that of deciding whether or not to carry a baby to term belongs to the woman as she has a far greater risk in the situation than a man has.