I'm an Egyptian woman ergo I must enjoy being sexually harassed

Published June 23rd, 2011 - 12:12 GMT

In Egypt, women can invite sexual harassment and provocation by just being out alone - however dressed at times. Perhaps the only solution is to find a partner as refuge and if necessary a fake one to borrow that keeps the hands off cause 'I'm taken'.

I’m an Egyptian Woman and I Like Being Sexually Harrassed

"I wake up every morning looking forward to getting sexually harassed in Cairo. Because a day gone by without being whistled at like cattle or groped like a melon at a vegetable store is a day unlived in this city. Right?"

Source: Diary of A DeskGirl in Cairo

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