al-Reuters reports that "nearly two-thirds of Egyptian men admit to having sexually harassed women in the most populous Arab country, and a majority say women themselves are to blame for their maltreatment... The forms of harassment reported by Egyptian men, whose country attracts millions of foreign tourists each year, include touching or ogling women, shouting sexually explicit remarks, and exposing their genitals to women. 'Sexual harassment has become an overwhelming and very real problem experienced by all women in Egyptian society, often on a daily basis', said the report by the Egyptian Center for Women's Rights. Egyptian women and female visitors frequently complain of persistent sexual harassment on Egyptian streets, despite the socially conservative nature of this traditional Muslim society."Rico says this is not going to win them any points with feminist tourists, but it proves his point that you can repress sexuality (among men, anyway) just so far...
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