The PM keeps talking with his real intentions now. This time he said "Male and females students can NOT stay in the same dormitory in the same house. This is against our conservative democracy. We gave the orders and they will do whatever is necessary"

Source: (Turkish) http://www.radikal.com.tr/politika/kiz_ve_erkek_ogrenci_ayni_evde_olmaz-1158890

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Well,  PM should stop being obsessed with the sex of others!! It is better if he concantrates with his own.

You don´t understand. It may be a precondition for the daughter´s education in conservative families that the girl can study without the fear of being involved with men. So this decision may actually improve girls´ possibilities for higher education just like allowing headscarves in the university.

Some scholars say hijab and all that belongs to it actually opens the society for the female sex because a woman with a headscarf is not treated as a representative of her gender but a neutral actor.

Sometimes you have to take a step  -  if not backwards  -  at least to the side in order to acchieve progress.

Pretty soon he will say "Male and female students should go to separate schools". Wait and see.

Some scholars say hijab and all that belongs to it actually opens the society for the female sex because a woman with a headscarf is not treated as a representative of her gender but a neutral actor.

A lady friend of mine whose daughter has married into a very religious family (thus had to cover her head) tells me that her little grandson was very surprised to see her with finger polish on her nails, because he had figured my friend to be a man since she wore no headscarves. 

What a confusion for young minds, no?

The PM keeps talking with his real intentions now. This time he said "Male and females students can NOT stay in the same dormitory in the same house..."

in my opinion, male and female students shouldn´t stay in the same state dormitory. But they should be free to stay in any private dormitory or home. I dont like it but i dont interfere their life, too.

(as usual, I change my mind every few hours, so removed my message

I think our PM shouls stop thinking about women and virtue of women.

It might be difficult but someone has to tell him the sheer reality: "None of his business", "none of state´s business"

Well, nobody is forcing the conservative families to put their girls into a situation in which they need to deal with men. They may prefer their daughters to be staying out of men´s eyes.. But what about others? the others who think letting girls and boys educating together or staying in the same dormitories wont harm their children? What if they think it is much better way to prepare them for the future?

Think about the weak one: the girl who may be deprived from higher education because of this. The others will find their ways. And this girl, after getting her chance, will later make a big difference in her environment.

(I don´t know if this is what the PM ment, hardly, probably as a populist he just wanted to flatter his supporters. I just wanted to remind that usually the best way is to let people follow their principles and beliefs AND encourage them to take part in the society.)

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