I grew up in the suburbs of NYC in the town that has the village of Kiryas Joel with in it. I used to go to a women's only gym with my mom and we befriended a load of the Hasidic women who would attend. It was a real eye opener to see how many women were basically told they had no other choice but to marry and have children. The part I found most upsetting was my mother telling some of her friends how I became a nurse and helped people and one woman expressed disappointment that her daughter's would never achieve something like that, but she could not say that aloud in the community for fear of what people would say.
Are you from a similar community where you would have met and interacted with secular people? And if so, do you think this influenced you to get to know the secular world a little more? Would you want to pursue higher education for yourself or maybe your children (or future children?)
Thank you for this AMA by the way! I've always found Hasidim interesting!
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I grew up in the suburbs of NYC in the town that has the village of Kiryas Joel with in it. I used to go to a women's only gym with my mom and we befriended a load of the Hasidic women who would attend. It was a real eye opener to see how many women were basically told they had no other choice but to marry and have children. The part I found most upsetting was my mother telling some of her friends how I became a nurse and helped people and one woman expressed disappointment that her daughter's would never achieve something like that, but she could not say that aloud in the community for fear of what people would say.
Are you from a similar community where you would have met and interacted with secular people? And if so, do you think this influenced you to get to know the secular world a little more? Would you want to pursue higher education for yourself or maybe your children (or future children?)
Thank you for this AMA by the way! I've always found Hasidim interesting!
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