Erdogan
Annoying to feminists as his remarks surely were, this reaction was driven by hate rather than sense.
Lawyer and women's rights activist Hulya Gulbahar said Erdogan's comments were in violation of Turkey's constitution, Turkish laws and international conventions on gender equality and didn't help efforts to stem high incidences of violence against women in Turkey.
"Such comments by state officials which disregard equality between men and women play an important role in the rise of violence against women," Gulbahar said.
Pshaw.
"Such comments aim to make women's presence in public life — from politics to arts, from science to sports — debatable."
Erdogan, a devout Muslim, often courts controversy with divisive public comments.
He has previously angered women's groups by stating that women should bear at least three children and by attempting to outlaw abortion and adultery.
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