Thursday, June 27, 2013

Follow up on modesty in Turkey

Yesterday I made some generalizations about Turkish culture and its bias against women,  but to be fair I wanted to point out that while the attitudes I wrote about yesterday are certainly prevalent, they are by no means universal.

Today a Turkish guy friend posted this on Facebook:

Translation: Rape is never the victim's fault.
"Not asking for it" is written under each of the figures.

I do know a handful of men who don't like the status quo and are putting the pressure on other men to stop blaming women for men's actions and thoughts. They're not even close to a majority, but they're here and they're standing up for women. And I really appreciate those guys. 

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