I’ve read about this outrageous business–Orthodox Jewish males demanding (not asking, you understand) that they not sit next to women on a plane. Unless, of course, the woman is married to the Orthodox Jewish male.
Never mind that it’s the woman’s assigned seat. Never mind–oh, never mind anything. These men should be escorted off the plane. That’s it, no excuses.
And here’s my friend Jerry Coyne’s opinion about this:
Sexist ultra-Orthodox Jews continue to make trouble on planes « Why Evolution Is True.
At the end of his post, Jerry asks readers to comment on whether they would agree to accommodate the Orthodox by moving their seats to insure that these pathologically religious men be separated from us Jezebel females. Feel free to comment.