Both are dominated by men making determinations about what women should or should not wear based on their own inability to see us as more than a body. Orthodoxy, as opposed to MTV, says, okay, so cover up and then maybe we’ll respect be able to put aside our sexual desire and have a conversation with you. But you know, the Taliban makes a similar argument. It’s a no-win situation for women, and leaves us completely passive and helpless. Sztokman's linking of Orthodox practice to radical Islam on the issue of women's body cover is met with criticism by some Orthodox Jews who claim that these cultures are different. As one commenter wrote: "[Sztokman] likens Orthodox Judaism to the Taliban, an ethos in which women are kept illiterate and routinely endure physical beatings.What do you say to the observation that such an incendiary comparison is over the top and borders on hate speech?" Sztokman argues that much of the rabbinic writing on the subject of women's bodies is based on misogynistic ideas about women's proper role in society. In one story about a rabbi allegedly recommending to a girl that she cut her legs rather than submit to her parents' requests that she wear pants, Sztokman writes, "Orthodox Judaism has issues with the female body, to put it mildly. In a culture defined by the degree to which women are kept silent and invisible, pressured to have as many babies and possible while maintaining the home and covering as much flesh as possible," it is not surprising that some rabbis make extreme recommendations regarding women's bodies. In debates over Jewish reactions to women's body-cover in Islam, Sztokman vehemently rejects approaches of cultural relativism, and argues that feminism is at odds with relativistic ideologies. Citing Ayaan Hirsi Ali as one of her strongest influencers, Sztokman writes: The voice of “cultural relativism” is a smokescreen. It is the argument put forward by people who really do not want feminist interference. And who would that be? It’s not the women who are suffering from genital mutilation or honor killings who are asking you to butt out. It’s not the women who face violence, polygamy, and corporal punishment for showing ankles and wrists who are demanding that you step aside in the name of some abstract, twisted notion of intellectual consistency. The ones asking feminists to be quiet are the ones who want to continue harming women.