"The quality of mercy”
In response to your Editorial Viewpoint "The quality of mercy” (Parsiana, February 7-20, 2025) I would like to say that nowhere is empathy’s generally reliable heuristic (learning through doing things oneself) of placing oneself in another’s shoes more fraught than when a man makes a case for women, even if with only the best of intentions, for he runs the risk of being labeled a "mansplainer” (a man who explains something to a woman in a condescending manner). I’m not. Nor is that my intent. But back to the question at hand. Should women be allowed to......