Dealing with harassment
Many female travelers experience different levels of harassment on the street, while others can not hear so much as a catcall. Although it happens everywhere, harassment against women is in some places more often than others, and you should be this unflattering side of travel consciously. No, it should not deter or prevent you will handle travel, but being prepared with situations your travels go more smoothly and to make help you to avoid stress. Here are some situations that I have experienced and how I dealt with them.
"How many camels?"
to be To be honest, I find the worst harassment of women to be in the Middle East. It is difficult to travel there as a woman and can be quite stressful if you are traveling on your own.
My first trip to the Middle East with a group was in 08. I had no idea what to expect in Egypt, and I soon found myself every time creeping I heard someone screaming in the street: "How many camels?" in Egypt, it is customary to pay a dowry for marriage, so when people ask this question, they ask how many camels have to pay them if they want to marry you. At first I ignored it, but then I found a different way to handle. After getting a few days of all whistling over the initial shock, I was ignoring them tired. So next time, when I heard: "How many camels?" I said, "More than you can afford!" Prompted remark usually laughed at by friends of the guy or the surrounding vendors, followed by a little ragging on the guy. Some of the guys would come back with another intelligent remark that turned normally in playful banter. Once again, I ignore catcalls usually, but I always judge each situation as it comes.
"We should share a room."
I this one during my second trip to the Middle East is one, but this time I was by myself go. On a bus from the airport in Amman, struck the Egyptian man next to me, we should share a room, "you know, just to save costs." Yes, I'm sure that's why. Noticing a wedding ring on his finger, I said: "Should we call your wife, just to make sure it's okay"
"What's the matter with you American women?"
in Aqaba, in the south of Jordan, I had an instructor to ask if he could join me as I was to go on the way of snorkeling. There is a public beach, so I do not think to tell him "no" would do any good. We snorkeled the coral, and he stretched out his hand, tore off my snorkel mask and tried to grab me. Furious, (luckily I'm a strong swimmer) I emerged from the water on to beat just about my foot on fire coral. I started it from friction and he told me: ". I just thought we should change masks" Nice try. I told him, in essence, that it is disrespectful to engage women and so on. He went on to ask me what was wrong with American women. It is wrong, however, to know in each culture that the Jordanian culture is conservative, I wanted to know if it was okay if a man grabbed his sister like that. After a solid censure, I swam back to shore and gave him in the next few days. I learned from this situation is that it's okay to say ". No, actually, I would go from me to swim as it is today"
"Let us move into the bush together."
on a 14-hour bus trip from Malawi to Zambia, I thought it was nice if a Zambian doctor who spoke English well was sitting beside me. After some discussion of education and culture, he got right to the point to tell me that we should move into the bush (wilderness) together. He would not stop asking if I would sponsor him come to the US Normally, I would suggest you change seats if you like to get a seat mate them, but the bus was completely full. I interrupted to tell him of it, I had a friend. Unfortunately, this did not discourage him, and when we finally made it to his destination, he kissed my hand before the bus off. I gave him a fake e-mail at the time, but I think it's best to just tell the person that you are completely foreign, and protect your privacy. pass any information such as phone numbers or e-mails.
harassment and assault are situations, meet the female travelers, and have to learn to deal with. If you are in an area where harassment is common, also helps when traveling with another person. If you are traveling solo, be prepared to answer questions about your fake (or real) friend, and determine how you would handle some of these specific situations. Inform yourself. About sexual harassment when traveling because the situations vary, and it happens to varying degrees depending on where you go If you are a male reader, aware of his solo female travelers in countries where harassment is common. Also next to one of us by public transport sitting or walking beside us comments or attacks helps to reduce.
Laura Walker runs the website A Wandering Sole. She is seven months to get around the world backpacking and is not afraid, just because she's a girl. You can get more travel advice from their website or check here every other Thursday from her for more stories.
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