“Also, once the status changes and somehow starts becoming the norm (whatever reason involved) it automatically has no basis.”
True for das yehudis only. I think Joseph has given ample proofs that what he’s talking about is a halachic shittah, not just an arbitrary societal norm. That being said, I’m tempted to agree that it has no weight for a passerby. The only source so far suggesting it does is CS mentioning the Chabad Rebbe, which is of little consequence to us.