"Chani - Did you chop pshat in Toisfis?"
"It's not pashut Rivkie - we have to kik arein in Maharsha"
Women, learning gemara, the slippery slope, surprising opinion of the Lubavitcher Rebbe and much more in this informative article.
I have a lot to say but I hesitate to do so. So in the meantime, I will keep my thoughts to myself .
But I WILL say that the Torah is clear that the Torah is as much for women as it is for men - כה תאמר לבית יעקב - first Moshe addressed the women at Har Sinai and only got to the men afterwards.
However, women learning Ktzos Hachoshen is another question.........