What was she expecting when going out at night all by herself? Why was she wearing such a skirt anyway? Well, why has she been silent all this time, and now she is talking? These guys are human too; everyone can make mistakes! The men even apologized, what more to do? All these questions, posed by Turkish society after hearing a “gossip” of rape or a “story” of femicide, normalize the inhumane actions towards women and reflect the perception of women’s permanent guilt. While the patriarchal culture favors men in every aspect of social life, the inadequacy of legislation opens the way to staying indifferent to women’s physical and mental suffering in Turkey.
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