re: #158 ggt

I think they probably do have a problem with rape, as we define rape.

I’m sure they do. And like anywhere else in the world, it’s probably culturally somewhat specific. Women in the Arab world are probably less likely in general to be in public places alone than Western women, but probably more vulnerable to being sexually assaulted by relatives, family friends or employers without feeling that they have recourse, or that it’s safe to report. For example. Sexual assault is rampant in any culture in which a woman’s value is tied to her chastity. Which was us until a minute ago, and still is in a lot of places.

I will, however, suggest that what happened to this reporter, specifically, could have happened pretty much anywhere in the world that a large, chaotic crowd had gathered, and that it sounds as though both the ladies of Cairo and the Egyptian Army took effective action.