Pregnant Women Really Do Not Belong In Public, Turkish Leader Sensibly Points Out

[The Straight Story]

Or so says a Turkish lawyer, Omer Tugrul Inancer, who pronounced last week that it is immodest for women in the late months of pregnancy to be seen in public. Inancer, who is an Islamic pundit, told the state television station TRT 1:

“Announcing pregnancy with a flourish of trumpets is against our civility. (They) should not wander on the streets with such bellies. First of all, it is not aesthetic. After seven or eight months of pregnancy, future mothers go out their husbands by car to get some fresh air. And they go out in the evening hours. But now, they are all on television. It’s disgraceful. It is not realism, it is immorality.”

You hear that, ladies? After seven months, you should stick ’round the house, unless your husband decides to drive you somewhere for “some fresh air.” That is, unless he’s sick of looking at your disgusting fat belly! Otherwise, waddle around at nighttime when no one has to look at you.

Shockingly, when he got slammed in the media for his remarks, Inancer only bore more into his bizarre and woman-hating theory, doubling down that pregnant bellies are scaring young girls. Thanks for the paternalism, dudebro, but something tells me it isn’t young girls who are the ones scared here! He ranted to Turkish news station, Anadolu Agency:

“You get married and get pregnant. Okay, you did well. (However), this can not be singled out as the reason you are swinging your belly. The image is not aesthetic. I am still saying the same thing. Why don’t you understand?” These are venerable things. And venerable things are kept in a respectful way … Pregnancy is not made that apparent. Moreover, that’s why young girls are scared of giving birth.”

http://www.thefrisky.com/2013-07-29/pregnant-women-really-do-not-belong-in-public-turkish-leader-sensibly-points-out/

[KinMd]

1. A turkish "leader"???

the article says he's just a lawyer, leader of what? Sounds more like he's Turkeys Steve King

[Auntie Bush]

2. (((((PIG))))))

[Dash87]

4. Pigs have shown more intelligence.

And as for the "civility" he's concerned about, they have him beat there too.

[One_Life_To_Give]

3. Strange to name your personnal office "Public"

maybe those letters mean something else in Turkish?

[DetlefK]

5. I don't get it. Being seen pregnant is immoral?

"And venerable things are kept in a respectful way." By shaming them out of sight?

[pipoman]

6. Why can't you people see this gentleman's resonable point of view..?

Islamic leaders...such kind and understanding spirits they are..

[kestrel91316]

9. Religiously-based stupidity isn't limited to Islam, as I am quite sure you are aware.

[pipoman]

12. Just don't remember hearing

as many blatantly misogynistic, racist remarks from any other religious leadership recently..

[RevStPatrick]

7. I just walked past a VERY pregnant woman a few minutes ago...

I thought she was gorgeous!
I felt "the image" was highly aesthetic.

There seems to be a little baby boom going on right now in my neighborhood, I've probably seen a half dozen or so very pregnant women in the last couple of weeks. Beautiful, every single one of them.

I would offer that Mr. Omer Tugrul Inancer simply doesn't know what he's talking about.
Or... Maybe he's got some "issues"?

[Auntie Bush]

8. A week ago Princess Kate was walking around 9 months pregnant.

She looked pretty good to me.

[Fawke Em]

10. Did you happen to have a power outage in your neighborhood about

7 to 9 months ago?

[RevStPatrick]

11. That would have been Hurricane Sandy...

9 months ago this week!
I wonder how many of these kids will be named Sandy?