You didn't really think that the storm of MK Moshe Gafni's remarks would pass without a response from Paula Rosenberg. It took a good few hours, but late Tuesday night, the morning show host published a post on her Instagram account, which has almost 80,<> followers, attacking Gafni's remarks (who said he would donate clothes to Noa Kirl), and along the way she sought to convey to him and the surfers educational messages about the boundaries of discourse when it comes to another person's appearance and clothing.
Kirel and Gafni, Photo: GettyImages and Oren Ben Hakon
"I was a donor too. I would donate a private lecture to Moshe Gafni on self-worth and body image, and also add a special bonus: a private lesson in Derech Eretz," Paula wrote in response. "First rule in healthy self-limits. No one is commented on their appearance and clothing choices. No way. Even if it's your mother or sister or best friend. Even if the subject of the comment is a man, even if she is a woman. Even more so when it comes to a person with whom you have no personal acquaintance.
"Even more so when it comes to a woman many years younger than you, and your faith instructs you not to review the bodies of women who are not your wife," she insisted. "Even more so when it comes to a woman who is a positive model of values, far beyond clothes. An example of diligence and perseverance, a model for respectful and beneficial representation of the State of Israel vis-à-vis the world," praised the singer.
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"In any case, if Noa Kirel did not ask Moshe Gafni's opinion about her wardrobe choices, and I am almost certain that she did not – his opinion is not only irrelevant, also illegitimate and inappropriate," she ruled. "A good opportunity to remind us all that comments about another person's clothing and appearance, without asking our opinion, constitute intrusive and aggressive verbal behavior."
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