"Women should not laugh in public."

[EX500rider]

Women across Turkey are posting photos of themselves laughing and smiling on social media. Why?

Women should not laugh in public. So said Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc in a speech on Monday about "moral corruption" in Turkey. "Chastity is so important," he said. "She will not laugh in public."

His comments have prompted a big backlash from women on social media in Turkey, with thousands posting photos of themselves laughing and smiling on Twitter and Instagram. There have been more than 300,000 tweets using the term "kahkaha" - the Turkish word for "laughter" - and on the hashtags "Resist Laughter" (#direnkahkaha) and "Resist Woman" (#direnkadin).

Many suggested the government should focus on issues like rape, domestic violence and the marriage of girls at a young age - rather than women laughing in public.


http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-28548179

[snooper2]

1. I guess some of these leaders over there are determined to keep their countries backwards-

= equal rights = education = less religion = oh shit

[tularetom]

2. Whatcha mean, "over there"?

[snooper2]

4. in the Middle East

thought that was clear, unless Turkey is in Europe now

[tularetom]

5. It was very clear, I was implying it's going on right here in the good ol USofA

[snooper2]

8. not =

[Tetris_Iguana]

3. Yep

Dumbassery abounds...

[Aristus]

6. This is a reminder of how backward a lot of male leaders are.

And a reminder of the exceptional beauty of Turkish women. Good for them.

Assert yourselves!

[hifiguy]

7. The world is already desperately oversupplied

with deep stupidity, but people like this Arinc cove seem determined to keep adding to the stock.

I despair for the future of the world on hearing something this dumb.