tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8337601251829074745.post1438016436064379235..comments2023-06-03T00:58:29.004-07:00Comments on Machaho Tellem Chaho: Perspectives, bubble gum and a3tini ton facebookNadia Ghanemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09410495208207466049noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8337601251829074745.post-7484058189092956722014-09-02T12:28:36.917-07:002014-09-02T12:28:36.917-07:00Hello Eva! Thank you for dropping by and for your ...Hello Eva! Thank you for dropping by and for your comments always welcome :) And no, your comment is not long, it is just a topic on which much can and should be said.<br /><br />I am sure you are right, depending on one's age and one's past experience, street harassment, however slight, can seem benign or a tough hassle to bear. I have found that it is very localised here. People in the capital are a lot more 'aggressive' - both terms are of course relative, the area where I live for example is quiet and respectful of its women and girls, yet I also know that when guys in my neighbourhood want to mess around, they go in another area then come home to be something close to angels again. In Kabylie, there is none of that nonsense in the streets going on (and that is not to say it is heaven nor that Kabyle men are better than others).<br /><br />Much like the young girl you heard at the lecture you attended, a friend of mine always says that if men misbehave it is because their mothers let them grow up that way :)<br /><br />I often find street harassment here barely noticeable, but when I am not sure how to behave, Algerian girls and women's reactions and their confidence are a great source of comfort I find. <br /><br />The harassment I do find very distressing here though, is sexual harassment in the work place. The stories I've heard are very very ugly. <br /><br />Nadia Ghanemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09410495208207466049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8337601251829074745.post-59045860758890746162014-09-01T09:06:48.686-07:002014-09-01T09:06:48.686-07:00A lot of foreigners visiting Morocco report these ...A lot of foreigners visiting Morocco report these cases. Some get angry about these men, and for some is just funny (I guess they wouldn't consider that "funny" in their Western countries). <br /><br />I don't consider it's funny or it's "part of the culture". I think it's, yes, sexual harassment. Of course there are different levels of obscenities: some men just say "Good morning, dear" (well...). Others say some obscenities I don't understand in darija (maybe that's better for me?). In fact, usually I have the feelings you describe towards those men: indifference (do they deserve my attention?) and disdain (poor caricature of real men, I think).<br /><br />Sometimes I just stare them out, and a couple of times I've said "Let me say that I don't think the same about you". And they look really frightened, believe me. But I guess it isn't the same for younger girls, or even for some Moroccan women with different backgrounds.<br /><br />Once I was attending a lecture about equality between women and men, here (in Tetouan, Morocco). Most of the public were teenagers because it was in a (private) high school. I was impressed when one of the girls, about sixteen, asked to the lecturer: "Why Moroccan mums teach their daughters to avoid men who harass women, instead of teaching their male sons not to harass women?".<br /><br />Sorry for the long comment! I find this matter very interesting!Evahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07748493395007102526noreply@blogger.com