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I think this kind of thing gets portrayed differently depending on where it happens. Happens in Egypt and people might try to blame to reporter, if it happened
by robryan 16y ago
I think this kind of thing gets portrayed differently depending on where it happens. Happens in Egypt and people might try to blame to reporter, if it happened in a big American city I think the blame would be squarely on those that committed the act. Do we hold different parts of the world to different moral account?
- pyre 16y agoMany people's view of the middle east in general includes men that view women like slaves, while they might hold their own countrymen to a higher standard. In other words, no one wants to believe that men in America could think/act in such a backwards way so they are more likely to pin the blame on the men in an attempt to say, "See! Those guys are the outliers!" On the other hand, they view the Middle East in general as a 'dangerous place' that is 10x more dangerous when you're a woman, so the compulsion is to ask, "Why were you even putting yourself in that dangerous position?" (effectively placing the blame on the victim) I'm not stating that the above is right, but that's my take on why it happens.