Egypt: Survey on Sexual Harassment
July 17, 2008
Women in Egypt, including those who cover, report a high incidence of sexual harassment from local. Of the men surveyed, many also admitted to the behavior. Despite this, the culture still blames women for the transgressions of those doing the harassing.
Almost half of Egyptian women harassed daily: poll(Agence France Presse)
Almost half of Egyptian women are sexually harassed on a daily basis with more than half of Egyptian men admitting lewd behaviour, the Egyptian Centre for Women’s Rights said on Thursday….
… Abul Qomsan said that almost two-thirds of Egyptian men — 62 percent — admitted harassing women, including those wearing Islamic headscarves.
“This shows that the belief that harassment is linked to women who wear indecent clothing is false,” she said, condemning the fact that in the deeply religious country women often feel responsible despite being victims….
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syed saboor | November 5, 2009 at 10:21 am
So women are harassed in the states as well. I do not doubt that such behavior is becoming more common and rampant in Egyptian society, but to make this into a “I hate Muslim men” frenzy is not the answer. In many other countries, the station of women is even worse, take India, for example. I mean women being burnt alive because they cannot pay their dowries, certainnly a worse case scenerio. NOw, by mentioning dowry burnings, I in no way vindicate the behavior of these delinquent Egyptian men, but we need to assess the reasons for these transgressions. For instance, the huge prevalence of the internet, coupled with massive pornography on the internet is a major cause of this behavior. and incidentally, much of that pornography does not come from outside Egypt anymore, it is homegrown.