Beware, female journos in Cairo warned

afp ^ | 2011-11-25

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Press watchdog Reporters Without Borders urged media organisations on Friday to take care to protect female reporters from sexual assault while covering unrest in Egypt, following several serious attacks.

The group initially warned women journalists not to work in Cairo's Tahrir Square...It is more dangerous for a woman than a man to cover the demonstrations in Tahrir Square. That is the reality and the media must face it

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On Thursday, French television reporter Caroline Sinz from the state network France 3 was subjected to a violent sexual assualt by a gang of young men and boys and her cameraman was beaten as they tried to cover the revolt.

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more than 80% of Egyptian women suffer sexual assault or harrassment ranging from remarks to leering, half of them on daily basis.

[outofsalt]

“Wait...what? “Leering?” I agree sexual assaults are a terrible risk for the journos to have to risk, but leering? The sensitivity meter is adjusted a bit too tightly when rapes are conflated with staring.”

You must not have daughters. Situational awareness is paramount to keeping safe. If anything makes your, “spidey senses” tingle you SHOULD pay real close attention. The earlier you identify a possible threat the better you will be able to deal with it. (And, this should be taught to boys too!)

[Cyber Liberty]

Maybe because they're self-explanatory?

In that one sentence you proved my point. Thanks for the non-clarification, which is typical for Religion forum threads. I didn't know I was on one of those. Sorry.

I appear to be in the minority here, and any of you would be excellent HR employees at any given corporation. I will cease soiling your fine thread with my foolish attempt to get real, before you turn me in for sexual harassment.

[Olog-hai]

No, you're missing the point again and conflating leering with staring—which was all I said in the first place. Please don't make mountains out of molehills.

[Cyber Liberty]

Whatevah. I just thought it strange that an article about female journos risking rape would contain a discussion of sexual harassment. I’m odd, so leave it there.

I do think it’s a bit off-putting when you quote a chapter and verse from the bible as a reply to me, and then expect me to automatically know what you’re talking about (even after I asked you to explain). You see, I thought that was an exclusive feature of threads in the Religion Forum, but I guess I was the wrong one. FR must be becoming one giant Religion Forum, which would be a shame.

[Yorlik803]

Since you are a non-Muslim, it would have been Ok{In their warped view} to attack you.
Islam and its followers have very strange views of women and sex. They want their women to be pure, but at the same time they defile women at the drop of a hat.
Never turn your back on these savages. You may get away with it once,or even a hundred times.But they will attack. Its in their DNA.

[Kenton]

I guess serious journalism sometimes is a bit more difficult than women reporters elbowing their way into mens’ locker rooms after a game was.