What happens when a female student in a hot pink top walks through Cairo University?
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Original post by SophiaKeuning
Haha that's exactly what happened to my friend except I think it was 2 camels 
Haha, these people are insane!
Original post by Radicalathiest
She is Egyptian
I hope you know that's an idiom?, a saying?
Basically if you go somewhere different, respect the culture and don't try to be 'different'. Of course in this context it means 'know that the majority of the men are hounds so do what you can to protect yourself'.
Original post by ILovePancakes
My friend once went on holiday to Egypt and a local offered to buy her for a camel..
Awkward, I was offered 200 camels
haha, although if they mean the cigarette, either offer is terrible.
Would never go there alone..
Market traders
Original post by Ruthless Dutchman
Society in a different country isn't like the western society? WHAT A SURPRISE!
No but really, I do admit it's terrible but going to Egypt dressed as you do over here when it's sunny is like jumping into shark infested waters without a shark cage. (It's an accurate enough comparison)
When in Rome, do as Romans do.
PS That's not pinning Jews onto wooden crosses by the way.
No but really, I do admit it's terrible but going to Egypt dressed as you do over here when it's sunny is like jumping into shark infested waters without a shark cage. (It's an accurate enough comparison)
When in Rome, do as Romans do.
PS That's not pinning Jews onto wooden crosses by the way.
That wasn't a foreigner being harassed but an Egyptian, not that it makes any difference to your patronising cultural-relative *******s.
Original post by Ruthless Dutchman
I hope you know that's an idiom?, a saying?
Basically if you go somewhere different, respect the culture and don't try to be 'different'. Of course in this context it means 'know that the majority of the men are hounds so do what you can to protect yourself'.
Basically if you go somewhere different, respect the culture and don't try to be 'different'. Of course in this context it means 'know that the majority of the men are hounds so do what you can to protect yourself'.
Fair enough. I just thought it odd telling an Egyptian women that she needs to act like an Egyptian woman
Original post by Ruthless Dutchman
I hope you know that's an idiom?, a saying?
Basically if you go somewhere different, respect the culture and don't try to be 'different'. Of course in this context it means 'know that the majority of the men are hounds so do what you can to protect yourself'.
Basically if you go somewhere different, respect the culture and don't try to be 'different'. Of course in this context it means 'know that the majority of the men are hounds so do what you can to protect yourself'.
She's Egyptian...
And respect a culture? Are you for real?
Original post by arxtra
That wasn't a foreigner being harassed but an Egyptian, not that it makes any difference to your patronising cultural-relative *******s.
I'll admit that I commented ahead of reading the article, sorry. [[Bad habit of impulse commenting? I'm trying to work on it >< ]]
That was a terrible assumption of me to make. Yeah that entire group of men are scum.
Original post by Radicalathiest
Fair enough. I just thought it odd telling an Egyptian women that she needs to act like an Egyptian woman
My initial comment was on the assumption that a student from outside the country went to Egypt on holiday without taking into consideration the attitude over there. Although my view is naive and biased with respect to what I've heard, which is usually something negative.
Apologies again, I commented without reading fully.
[[EDIT: Remind me never to go onto this forum when I'm tired and I'm likely to make myself look like a ****, I'm genuinely sorry]]
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Original post by Ruthless Dutchman
Apologies again, I commented without reading fully.
Apologies again, I commented without reading fully.
NP I do understand your point though.
Original post by Radicalathiest
Fair enough. I just thought it odd telling an Egyptian women that she needs to act like an Egyptian woman
Original post by SophiaKeuning
She's Egyptian...
And respect a culture? Are you for real?
And respect a culture? Are you for real?
To be Egyptian is one thing and to behave in an Egyptian manner is another. She might 'be Egyptian' according to your definition of whatever is Egyptian but it certainly isn't the norm to prance down streets in Egypt dressed in an uncomely blonde wig and distasteful attire that gives one's meat a disproportionate amount of freedom to bulge in that revolting manner. No man or woman for that matter is entitled to flash their offensive protuberances in that fashion, and freedom of speech and expression entails condemnation of such specimens of society. They must be crushed before they flourish.
Original post by goldie56
Hey I'm looking the Greatest Of All Time porn too, don't judge mate
Lool enjoy yourself, it must be a comedic piece of entertainment I guess
Original post by Inzamam99
Seems to be an extremely common problem in the Arab world but I've noticed it is not prevalent at all in Iran and Pakistan.
Yeah. I live in Pakistan and don't know about anything like this happening in university campuses here. Mind you, there are Islamic mafias in many of them, imposing their moralism on everyone. If a girl wears revealing clothes, she may not get harrased but she is likely to get a warning from these Islamic mafias followed by detainment by their female wing.
Original post by The Owl of Minerva
Yeah. I live in Pakistan and don't know about anything like this happening in university campuses here. Mind you, there are Islamic mafias in many of them, imposing their moralism on everyone. If a girl wears revealing clothes, she may not get harrased but she is likely to get a warning from these Islamic mafias followed by detainment by their female wing.
Yeah good observation.
My cousin is doing his PhD at Punjab University at the moment and he says that during the last 10 years, the Jamat-e-Islami student body has been getting increasingly vocal and violent. Fortunately the level of support it has in Universities is quite small especially the posher ones like LUMS.
Where do you live?
I don't understand what I'm supposed to do with this information though...
Good job I'm not a woman and would never go to that country anyway.
Good job I'm not a woman and would never go to that country anyway.
Original post by MrKappa
inb4 Abdul Karim claims that its her own fault for not dressing and behaving moderately.
He is like the new Al-Muudarri.
Never go on holiday in egypt.
I went when I was 15, 4 years ago the men don't just rape women they do it to men as well. Some guys nearly raped me in a hotel room but thankfully the waiter came.
This thing is common in the arab world, happens in a lot of countries (Pakistan, India etc).
I went when I was 15, 4 years ago the men don't just rape women they do it to men as well. Some guys nearly raped me in a hotel room but thankfully the waiter came.
This thing is common in the arab world, happens in a lot of countries (Pakistan, India etc).
#banter. Seriously, why don't you just leave these people alone? She was pretty much asking for it- standing out like that. It's their culture and their country, let them do as they wish. Stop playing the bleeding heart liberal trying to impose our standards of morality on Egypt. Plus, she's probably loving all the attention.
"Islam, Islam, Islam. Women are treated just as badly if not worse in India and nobody blames the Hindu religion. This has nothing to do with religion; it has everything to do with sick, male-dominated, chauvinistic societies where women aren't respected."
This comment on The Independent sums it up.
How about "Eve teasing" (public sexual harrassment) in India? The fact that women are forced to ride in Ladies Special trains to avoid being leered at and stalked by men as shown in the clip above? It's not just "Islamic" countries *lol btw*. There's even a Women Only taxi service in Mumbai. I guess Hinduism teaches that women are objects and that our only purpose is to satisfy men.
Hell, just 37 years ago the UK had Women only carriages on trains. Women feared being left alone with men at any point of their journey as they were certain they would be sexually harassed or even raped. Egypt is backward. We've passed such a time but they're currently in it. It's all to do with the attitudes of men and is not always caused by religious beliefs. It may be wrong by our own standards and even general human standards but at the end of the day, that's just the way it is. These men are ignorant and vile. Religious? Evidently not. They ought to be lowering their gazes.
In Egypt, such attire is akin to a woman waltzing around a British university campus in a bikini. I'm certain that all men would stare, some would wolf whistle and a majority would make loud comments a la "oi! oi!". Follow the girl? No. Nonetheless, that is classed as sexual harassment, m'dear. We've passed the time where such behaviour was acceptable. In Egypt, they clearly have not.
This comment on The Independent sums it up.
How about "Eve teasing" (public sexual harrassment) in India? The fact that women are forced to ride in Ladies Special trains to avoid being leered at and stalked by men as shown in the clip above? It's not just "Islamic" countries *lol btw*. There's even a Women Only taxi service in Mumbai. I guess Hinduism teaches that women are objects and that our only purpose is to satisfy men.
Hell, just 37 years ago the UK had Women only carriages on trains. Women feared being left alone with men at any point of their journey as they were certain they would be sexually harassed or even raped. Egypt is backward. We've passed such a time but they're currently in it. It's all to do with the attitudes of men and is not always caused by religious beliefs. It may be wrong by our own standards and even general human standards but at the end of the day, that's just the way it is. These men are ignorant and vile. Religious? Evidently not. They ought to be lowering their gazes.
In Egypt, such attire is akin to a woman waltzing around a British university campus in a bikini. I'm certain that all men would stare, some would wolf whistle and a majority would make loud comments a la "oi! oi!". Follow the girl? No. Nonetheless, that is classed as sexual harassment, m'dear. We've passed the time where such behaviour was acceptable. In Egypt, they clearly have not.
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