Wednesday, November 12, 2008

I found a video about harassment in Egypt.  Its called Sexual Harassment on the Streets of Cairo.
Its a pretty short video so it doesn't drag on and on.  It caught my attention because two and a half years ago I went to Cairo for my sixteenth birthday.  Before we went we were talking to different people and reading up on what to do to respect their culture.  Quite a few times we heard to keep our eyes down and to not look at the men.  They said that sexual harassment was a problem.  I was disappointed to hear that this was still a problem.  One thing it said was that " over half of all women living in Egypt experience some form of harassment on a daily basis."

1 comment:

Becky said...

Thats so sad. That statistic is huge. Wow i can't believe that..half the population experiences some sort of harassment. I can't imagine going somewhere for vacation and not being able to look up, fearing men and what they could possibly do.