Psychology, Field Study Psychology of Criminals in Jail May 2011 I think I started reading psychology in the year 2000 when I was about 15 years old. Psychology helped me a lot in understanding motives and ways of thinking of …
Posted in Atheism, Civil Rights, Egypt, Ethics, Gender, Homosexuality, Sex, Sexism, Society, Taboos | Tagged Egypt, field study, Maikel Nabil, Political Prisoners, prison | Leave a commentPart one here. The sexual harassment epidemic in Egypt is actually quite a hot topic at the moment, and recently made an appearance on the big screen. 678 is an outstanding movie written and directed by Mohammed Diab. As the …
Posted in Egypt, Gender, Sexism, Women | Leave a commentThe introduction of Facebook questions has made my faith in humanity plummet. The latest in a string of inanities asks, “What is the most suitable way to curb sexual harassment?” Is it a) Men should control themselves, or b) Women …
Posted in Awareness, Culture, Gender, Sexism, Women | 1 CommentIn light of the recent article posted by Esra’a, I’ve been motivated into writing a piece where we get to have an in-depth and detailed examination on how a rapist views rape. Most of the things I’m about to disclose …
Posted in Assholes, Sex, Sexism, Women | 3 CommentsIt’s been widely publicized that Israel’s former President Moshe Katsav was found guilty of rape. Someone on Facebook had revealed the photo of the rape victim in question. To my surprise, here are the sample of comments that followed. These …
Posted in Assholes, Sex, Sexism, Society, Taboos, Women | 5 CommentsRecently, a man from the U.A.E ‘disciplined‘ his wife and daughter-who,by the way is twenty three years old- by abusing them physically. Not a fan of abuse in any form, I considered this news to be absolutely defeating and shocking.
Posted in Activism, Awareness, Human Rights, Islam, Sexism, UAE, Women | Tagged domestic violence, feminism, women rights | 3 CommentsIt was on monday sept 27 around 3am Egypt, Cairo, Downtown, Tahreer Squair, Talat Harb st. We were sitting on a cafe-shop, when we saw a young boy (Kareem he is 16 and he lives in El Salam) beeing offended …
Posted in Civil Rights, Culture and Society, Egypt, Gender, Homosexuality, Minorities, Sexism, Society, Taboos | Tagged homophobia | Leave a commentWhats funny is that despite being into the 21st century for a decade now, some issues prevail which might confuse aliens from Mars to think residents of the Earth (aka us), still belong in the 15th Century or even earlier. …
Posted in Activism, Gender, Saudi Arabia, Sex, Sexism, Society, Women | Tagged Gender, Saudi Arabia, Sexism, women rights | 4 CommentsAisha, 18 years old, had her ears and nose cut off last year on orders from the Taliban because she fled from her abusive in-laws. According to Time Magazine, Aisha posed for the picture and says she wants the world …
Posted in Afghanistan, Civil Rights, Politics, Regional Issues, Sexism, Women | 3 CommentsA.M.H was circumcised at the tender age of 9. She remembers the nitty-gritty details of this ordeal even though it has occurred over 40 years ago.
Posted in Activism, Assholes, Awareness, Culture, Honour Crimes, Regional Issues, Sexism, Sudan, Taboos, Women | 2 Comments