Women In Turkey Laugh After Official's No Laughing Comment
- 10 years ago
The deputy prime minister of Turkey addressed a crowd of people for a celebration of Eid al-Fitr, the end of the Islamic holiday Ramadan, saying that women shouldn’t laugh in public.
The Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey, Bulent Arinc recently addressed a crowd of people and said that women shouldn’t laugh in public.
So thousands of women in Turkey have responded to their government’s leader by posting photos of themselves smiling or laughing on social media sites like Twitter and Instagram, along with the hash tag that translates to laughter, resist laughing, or resist woman.
The Deputy Prime Minister was quoted in his speech saying: “A woman should be chaste. She should know the difference between public and private. She should not laugh in public."
When asked about his comments, he said they were taken out of context, and someone who would want to ban women from laughing in public would have to be an idiot.
But some women in Turkey say that this is just the latest example of sexism from their country’s administration.
Women’s rights are a significant issue in Turkey, where one report from 2009 says that over 40 percent of women have been victims of domestic abuse.
The Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey, Bulent Arinc recently addressed a crowd of people and said that women shouldn’t laugh in public.
So thousands of women in Turkey have responded to their government’s leader by posting photos of themselves smiling or laughing on social media sites like Twitter and Instagram, along with the hash tag that translates to laughter, resist laughing, or resist woman.
The Deputy Prime Minister was quoted in his speech saying: “A woman should be chaste. She should know the difference between public and private. She should not laugh in public."
When asked about his comments, he said they were taken out of context, and someone who would want to ban women from laughing in public would have to be an idiot.
But some women in Turkey say that this is just the latest example of sexism from their country’s administration.
Women’s rights are a significant issue in Turkey, where one report from 2009 says that over 40 percent of women have been victims of domestic abuse.