📝 AITA for disrespecting someone's else's culture

By Master-Breakfast-330 • Score: 0 • April 14, 2025 4:12 PM


AITA for "disrespecting someone elses culture"

I have a older jewish couple let's call them Sophia and Benjamin in my area they had 5 kids (3 girls 2 boys) they were also very orthadox and traditional. I'm largely non religious although I'm not a full atheist. I was raised in a fundamentalist christian family and I absolutely hated the rules and traditions. I don't hate my parents for it but I strongly oppose forcing religion/gender roles on kids.

Anyways I was recently talking to Sophia and she was complaining about how her 2 teenage daughters were rebelling against their rules. For a bit of clarification these rules weren't just your average shabbat synagogue and prayer they were quite strict. The girls had to wear modest dresses and couldn't wear pants. While their Boys had less rules. Their girls were also not allowed to do a lot of activities her parents deemed "immodest" they also have to participate in all the rituals and traditions and it's often stricter on them like having to wear a long robe. Or avoid doing any heavy lifting ect.

So when Sophia was complaining about her teens she asked me for some advice on what do to. I said "maybe if you and your husband weren't this controlling they wouldn't rebel" and "you can follow your stupid traditions yourself but don't force it upon your kids" she immediately got upset and said I was being "anti Semitic" I told her to stop playing that card as jews face no major persecution or discrimination in the US. And that she was not immune to Criticism. This immediately made her upset and she left.

Later I talked to a progessive friend and she said I was being anti semetic which is dumb as I've said the same things about chrsitians.

AITA?

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