Commentary for Avodah Zarah 74:12
והא הלכתא מסוטה גמרינן לה מה סוטה רשות היחיד אף טומאה רשות היחיד
But this is a rule which is drawn by analogy from the case of a womans uspected of infidelity, just as [the case of doubt in connection with] the suspected woman can only occur [when seclusion with the man takes place] in a private domain, so too [the case of doubt in connection with] defilement can only occur [when the contact with the corpse takes place] in a private domain.
Daf Shevui to Avodah Zarah
The Talmud points out that the rule for when we rule strictly in cases of impurity in the public domain is learned from the sotah, the woman suspected of adultery. We take these suspicions seriously only when she may have been defiled (had adultery) in the private domain. So too when it comes to doubtful cases of defilement, they are ruled impure only the potential contact occurred in the private domain. Thus we have here the same problem we had before. Yose b. Yoezer’s ruling is the same as the law agreed to by everyone. How then is he a “permitter?”
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