Aniseteph
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Saying someone made themselves vulnerable is a statement of fact. It's not saying they are to blame for anything that happens and it doesn't take away the responsibility from the perpetrators one little bit - it's just a fact. Everywhere has places it's not safe to be, and people who will abuse others given the chance.
The incident Charlotte described was in the 80's (and nothing to do with belly dance or dancers whatsoever, FWIW). I would not blame her for a minute if she did not heap more trauma on herself by reporting it, but do we know that it would have been brushed over by a misogynistic legal system? Or would they have been punished and shamed and had the crap kicked out of them on the way like the incident Tarik described? I don't know.
I also don't know that you get any thing but a over-generalised picture with a dose of orientalism by mixing up Egyptian attitudes to Western women, attitudes to belly dancers, attitudes to rapists, and establishment views and uses of rape and abuse.
The incident Charlotte described was in the 80's (and nothing to do with belly dance or dancers whatsoever, FWIW). I would not blame her for a minute if she did not heap more trauma on herself by reporting it, but do we know that it would have been brushed over by a misogynistic legal system? Or would they have been punished and shamed and had the crap kicked out of them on the way like the incident Tarik described? I don't know.
I also don't know that you get any thing but a over-generalised picture with a dose of orientalism by mixing up Egyptian attitudes to Western women, attitudes to belly dancers, attitudes to rapists, and establishment views and uses of rape and abuse.
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