Generalizing about men

Submitted by yasemin (Canada), Feb 17, 2009 at 17:16

Of course not all turkish men are bad. I'm sure there are a few good ones who have managed to rise above the culture's attitudes towards women as animals. I've met some of these and they are wonderful men. Having said that, one must consider the overwhelming evidence that Turkish women are, despite some recent changes to Turkish laws, second class citizens and that violence against women there is epidemic. One would be a fool to get involved with a Turkish man without knowledge of the realities of life for women there.

Couple these attitudes with the views men there hold on western women and this is a recipe for disaster for unwary women.

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