December 13, 2013 Short-sighted solution shifts responsibility
from women by By Chuck Shepherd Aug 30, 2012 | 254 views | 0 0
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Associated Press, reporting in August from Jerusalem, noted that
the ultra-Orthodox community’s “modesty patrols” were selling
eyeglasses with “special blur-inducing stickers” that fuzz up
distant images so that offended men will not inadvertently spot
immodestly dressed women. (The stickers apparently simulate
nearsightedness, in that vision is clear in the near-field.) The
“modesty patrols” have long tried to shame women dressed in
anything other than closed-neck, long-sleeved blouses and long
skirts, but may be losing that fight. A columnist for the Tel
Aviv daily Haaretz praised the eyeglasses for shifting the
responsibility to men for their priggishness.  n The way it
usually happens is Mom and Dad start a road trip with their
children, but after a rest stop, they fail to notice that one of
the kids is not on board, an