[disordr]

In the Orthodox Jewish world, many women wear sheitels, essentially wigs sourced from human hair. The entire buying experience is very different from what Ben describes in his blog. The women who sell the sheitels provide the whole experience, from picking out the hair type/color/length, etc, to making sure it fits well and that the customer is satisfied. Granted this is a much smaller and niche market, and the products (sheitels) themselves can easily sell for $1,000-$2,000+. (source, my wife regularly wears a Sheitel in accordance with Halacha).

[littletimmy]

God: I thought I told you to cover your hair!

Woman: Ha! These are not my hair. I covered my hair with someone else's hair. So technically, I'm in the clear.

God: Wow! Totally did not see that loophole.

[azernik]

Welcome to Orthodox Judaism.

See also: "selling" Chametz during Passover.

[abdulhaq]

Maybe Jewish women started being accused of 'making a political statement' and being harrassed in the street because they covered their hair, so they had to make a compromise.

[kelvin0]

Is that like when Enron started being accused of inflated revenues and 'cooking the books' ... they also had to find a compromise and shred away the evidence! What type of non sensical argument is this?