Posted on 12/06/2009 9:27:05 AM PST by george76
“Your body language has to be strong,” ... “The moment they start trouble, you send a harsh message letting them know that their behaviour is not acceptable.”
Her class, which meets once a week in the upper-class Cairo neighbourhood of Maadi, is one of dozens that has been started across Cairo... All the women said that they faced harassment daily.
“I thought it was so normal for us to take this abuse. We’ve let the men get away with it for too long,” ...
She decided to learn how to defend herself after a man tried to grope her on the underground. “During the day there’s the women’s car. But at night everyone rides together.
The teacher demonstrates how women can use their heads, arms and knees to jab at attackers. A favourite in the class appears to be an elbow to the gut.
When one women wondered if it was haram — forbidden — to respond so aggressively to a man, the teacher replied that she was acting to prevent an already haram situation.
83 per cent of Egyptian women and 98 per cent of foreign women said that they had been sexually harassed in Egypt.
regardless of what women wore they were still hit upon. Approximately one third were wearing a headscarf and conservative clothing and one fifth were in a full veil and cloak.
Egypt has one of the highest number of cases reported by British nationals regarding sexual harassment.
(Excerpt) Read more at women.timesonline.co.uk ...
Religion of Pr*ks
That's a start, but not every woman in Egypt can aim and photograph a man in the street. However, they can all scream. If every woman screamed every time, maybe the population would start to change its behavior in this regard.
Scream like in the Body Snatchers, ladies, and point. It might seem weird at first but if it catches on, it could make a big difference.
“98 per cent of foreign women said that they had been sexually harassed in Egypt.”
Really?
I’d bet that 98% of foreign women have NEVER been to Egypt.
Egyptian men better watch out.
It starts with self-protection and ends with women demanding full and equal rights.
Then comes women in positions of power over men.
Ohhhhhhhh, it’s a slippery slope once women begin to be empowered.
And I’m ALL for it. Wouldn’t it be poetic justice to see Egypt turn into a democracy with a woman at the head of the government?
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