Knesset member Ruth Calderon views the Egyptian and Turkish women who participated in their countries' mass demonstrations as examples of heroines in the global feminist revolution. As grasped by Calderon, religious women take part in this revolution, as do ultra-Orthodox women in Israel who go to work and change the social structure of the state. Calderon, member of the Yesh Atid party and a Talmud scholar, finds this "female connection" fascinating and she interprets it according to her feminist world view.
“Throughout many years, women were distanced from the centers of power and they did not have the knowledge that men had,” says Calderon in an interview with Al-Monitor. “And now, the social networks allow women and youths to accumulate power and influence through knowledge. Dictatorships can forestall knowledge in the public space, but not on the Web.”
