BatSheva... her bathing nude wasn't exactly her finest moment.If you recall, it got her husband Uriel killed.

and as for the great meatball, I can only assume you mean the flying spaghetti monster! Please, get your deities in line! :)

Why is this a problem?

1. It's part of the radicalization of Judaism, meaning that in ten years, rabbis will be saying that this is the only correct way to dress. And when that happens, I can only hope that my husband will accept that I protest the nonsense by wearing jeans and tank tops... (I currently wear only skirts and shirts with sleeves that pass the elbows). Additionally, it will put a bigger and bigger gap between the religious and non-religious Jews in Israel, who somehow are currently managing to not kill each other.

2. It's a deliberate twisting of a halachic concept, which, as an Orthodox Jew, I find disturbing.

3. What it says about men is disgusting. It says that men cannot control themselves at all. If a man sees the curve of my neck, he will be unable to contain himself? The logical next step is that if a girl whose neck was showing is raped, it was her fault - she was asking for it. I do not accept that. While I feel that some women put themselves out as sex objects and perhaps put a strain on men's abilities to contain themselves, they still have to obligation to keep their bodies under control.

Additionally, if the norm becomes covering everything, then soon seeing a woman in a jeans skirt and a sweatshirt will be too much for men. I, for one, am glad that my husband can talk to a girl in jeans and a t-shirt and not fall over for longing.