Maybe, just maybe, something positive will emerge from this.
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There are pictures of guys in miniskirts saying they are going to walk about in Istanbul proclaiming that wearing a short skirt isn’t an invitation to rape.
Fantastic. Wish I could be there to see it (and to wear one!)
This terrible crime does seem to have started an avalanche of soul searching. A good thing, I think. Even Erdogan, not exactly noted for his support of women’s right, has condemned it.
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/feb/17/turkey-women-battle-oppression-protest
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/16/turkey-president-violence-against-women-is-the-countrys-bleeding-wound-recep-tayyip-erdogan
It was so awful. I hope it becomes a true instrument of change. I love that men are protesting this!