Heard about this American who once she learned Arabic well began hating Egypt... because?... she was then acutely aware of the men asking her what color her underwear was.
I completely relate.
Egypt is a fascinating country. Home of the pyramids, King Tut, Valley of the Kings, the Alexandrian library, Cleopatra & the scene of her legendary tryst with Marc Anthony. And Cairo... with it's Islamic, Ottoman & Art Deco architecture... once one of the most modern, cosmopolitan cities in the world & yet interestingly, seems to be sliding backwards in time. And Alexandria... founded by Alexander the Great... but recently described by Michael Palin as Cannes with acne.
Lots of wonderful things here but the men ruined it. I'm currently in my room, overlooking the Mediterranean ocean, but my curtains are closed... 5 guys were literally about to fall of their balconies trying to stare at me. And I didn't leave the room last night. Had gotten in a rut in Cairo, only going to the few places I was relatively safe in. There they'd grab my ass, which was properly covered with a long shirt... when I could, I'd yell & hit back causing a scene but no one ever did anything... not even a cop who once saw it happen! Here in Alexandria they're just crude. Old & young. Yesterday a teenager asked me for a kiss -- to which I spit in his face, a seemingly nice, old man in a tailor shop kept asking me for a "rendezvous" & another guy followed & cornered me in an empty staircase until I pointed pepperspray in his face & told him what it was. And that was just yesterday afternoon.
I've tried everything to stop it. Doesn't matter what I wear or what I do with my hair. The only thing that somewhat works is to walk around with the worst scoul on my face & then try & make it even worse when I see their about to say something. But its worn me down... its made me hate everything here.
Could say its tough being beautiful. Could... but it's got nothing to do with that. It's about money, genetics & sex.
Being Western, I’m assumed to be rice. Which comparatively, I am.
Being blonde & pale makes me the most desirable baby producer for much of the world.
But more than that, these guys are severely sexually repressed. There's no sex before marriage. And the economy has fallen so that the custom of a man buying a house & furnishing it for his bride... well, men can't afford to do that until they're in their 40s. So there's actually 40-year old virgins here! (Really no, most see prostitutes now & then.)
Then on top of all that... most of the men have seen the movies & TV shows with Western women falling into bed at the drop of a hat that come out of my country.
And finally, there are many, many Western women that do come here & have sex with these guys.
I reached my boiling point about 2-weeks ago... should of left then.
