Erdogan: Women are not equal to men
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TURKISH President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared that women are not equal to men and launched a bitter attack against feminists in Turkey, claiming they reject the concept of motherhood.
Speaking at a summit in Istanbul on justice for women yesterday, the devoutly Muslim president said that biological differences between women and men meant they cannot serve the same functions in life.
“Our religion (Islam) has defined a position for women (in society): motherhood,” Erdogan told an audience of Turkish women including his own daughter Sumeyye.
“Some people can understand this, while others can’t. You cannot explain this to feminists because they don’t not accept the concept of motherhood.
He recalled: “I would kiss my mother’s feet because they smelled of paradise. She would glance coyly and cry sometimes. Motherhood is something else.”
He went on to say that women and men cannot be treated equally “because it is against human nature.”
“Their characters, habits and physiques are different .... You cannot place a mother breastfeeding her baby on an equal footing with men.
“You cannot get women to do every kind of work men can do. You cannot tell them to go out and dig the soil. This is against their delicate nature.”
Erdogan has also drawn the ire of feminists for declaring that every woman in Turkey should have three children and with proposals to limit abortion rights.
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