I found this in the Rashi on Ki Seitzei (Deuteronomy 22:16): >And the girl’s father > shall say [to the elders]: [The father, but not the mother.] **This > teaches us that a woman is not permitted to speak in the presence of > her husband [when others are present]**. — [Sifrei 22:91] ואמר אבי > הנערה: מלמד שאין רשות לאשה לדבר בפני האיש: I had never heard of this idea in Jewish law. Does such a halacha exist, and what is its status today? I am most interested in sources which discuss whether and to what extent this particular detail must actually be observed in our era.