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| Mob attacks women at Egypt anti-sex assault rally |
| 2012-06-09 |
| A mob of hundreds of men have assaulted women holding a march demanding an end to sexual harassment, with the attackers overwhelming the male guardians and groping and molesting several of the female marchers in Cairo's Tahrir Square. From the ferocity of Friday's assault, some of the victims said it appeared to have been an organized attempt to drive women out of demonstrations and trample on the pro-democracy protest movement. The attack follows smaller scale assaults on women this week in Tahrir, the epicenter of the uprising that forced Hosni Mubarak to step down last year. Thousands have been gathering in the square this week in protests over a variety of issues — mainly over worries that presidential elections this month will secure the continued rule by elements of Mubarak's regime backed by the ruling military. Earlier in the week, an Associated Press reporter witnessed around 200 men assault a woman who eventually fainted before men trying to help could reach her. Friday's march was called to demand an end to sexual assaults. Around 50 women participated, surrounded by a larger group of male supporters who joined to hands to form a protective ring around them. The protesters carried posters saying, "The people want to cut the hand of the sexual harasser," and chanted, "The Egyptian girl says it loudly, harassment is barbaric." After the marchers entered a crowded corner of the square, a group of men waded into the group of women, heckling them and groping them. The male supporters tried to fend them off, and it turned into a melee involving a mob of hundreds. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #4 "particularly Arabs, it seems, have a real sense of inferiority and failure" And they have much to feel inferior and failed about, Frank.... |
| Posted by: Barbara 2012-06-09 15:02 |
| #3 The amazing thing, to me, is the men PROTECTING the women. And that they started a all-out brawl to do so. It appears that a Minority of men might have some sense over there. |
| Posted by: Charles 2012-06-09 12:29 |
| #2 Muslim men, particularly Arabs, it seems, have a real sense of inferiority and failure. They need their wymyns beaten and subservient, otherwise they have nobody else to feel superior to. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2012-06-09 09:41 |
| #1 Muslims fear/hate women independence.Keep them in the kitchen and dont answer back mentality. Is that why US pick women like Rice and Clinton as Sec of State to piss off the muzzies lol. |
| Posted by: Fester Clunter7205 2012-06-09 07:49 |