Exactly. Some Haredi who wants to immerse himself in Torah and prayer is unlikely to be packing a shiv, and even if he decides to get violent in reaction to their provocations, is unlikely to know how to throw down. So they’re safe to persecute, and that’s what this is all about.
Somehow, women have managed for about 3,000 years without this “equality”. Nobody puts a gun to their heads, but they marry and have children with these “fanatics,” and the world managed to survive without Women of the Wall. They want to put on tefillin, have their own minyanim and get aliya to the Torah. OK. But that’s not enough for them, they have to also assault other women not so inclined, and get in the face of men not so inclined. Islam, however, they don’t touch. “That’s their culture.”
“That’s their culture.”
That’s the excuse given.
We all know the reason is “they’ll kill our crazy butts!”