According to CNN 8 women's rights groups signed a petition condemning Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan statement regarding the equality between women and men. He publically declared that "because their nature is different" women cannot compare to men.
Present at a summit held by a women's group based in Istanbul, President Erdogan said.
"Equality is turning the victim into an oppressor by force or vice versa. What women need is to be able to be equivalent, rather than equal, so it is justice. That is what we need. You cannot bring women and men into equal positions; that is against nature because their nature is different."Moreover he voiced his belief that a woman is not capable of doing the same jobs as a man because "it is against her delicate nature." He continued his speech by saluting motherhood and using it as an example why pregnant women or nursing mothers could not succeed in the workplace as men can
Because of his outrageous statements regarding women and men inequality activists planed a march to mark the United Nations' International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. In addition people all over the internet started boycotting Turkey as a holiday destination for 2015.
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