Why is Solo Female Travel Various
My male friends who also often invited for meals in the homes of locals traveling like me. They have enjoyed the same far-fetched and heartwarming experience that I have. We come home with many of the same intervention stories. We both have the same large rucksacks. We have both family members and friends at home, making fun of us worried. We face the same daily challenges as travelers.
In many ways, we are not so different.
So why do people do that make a big deal out of solo female travel?
Because, like it or not, men and women do have different concerns when it comes to traveling, especially when alone.
As a solo woman I often lack the freedom to travel without locals. In many cultures, women do not have the kind of autonomy we have in the West, and it can be both disturbing and confusing to see myself. With 28, I'm pretty old for a single woman, I have traveled in many countries.
In Borneo, a woman came up to me while her husband my flat motorcycle tire fixed. "Sister," she said, "are you alone? You have no brother, no husband?" While their concern was genuine and appreciated, I get this much in demand. I must have somewhere a man. Do not, at least I have a friend? Where are my children? What the hell do I think I'm doing ?!
I found that the answer: "I actually find his single very liberating!" Or "Well, I really do not want children" looks only results in more horrified, as usually said that I only did my husband or friend "at home" or "on the way."
While men and women both have concerns about personal safety while traveling, there are a few things that can happen that tend exclusively targeting women. For example, I was groped in the dark, while along a dirt road in an area on foot, which was known as "safe" in Nepal just after sunset. Even if I were there holding pepper spray, it had not been important because it was so fast I never even saw his face or a moment had to respond. When I told a policeman, his first question was to ask me what I did alone.
Even after a year and a half alone, it made me angry at first, but it reminded me that yes, I am different from a male traveler. I can not just walk around alone at night, without the sobering possibility of sexual violence under consideration. While this is a concern, even at home, have female travelers to be more vigilant abroad.
Moreover, it is also important to dress differently. Although this seems like a no-brainer, it is a common mistake. I went once from a hotel room in Sumatra, Indonesia, without enough coverage on my arms. It seemed as if every man stopped in the street, what he did to cry gestures at me or make. It was so chilling, I retreated to my hotel and do not let you have for the next three days. You have to always be aware of how you dress, if you are a female traveler. This can be mentally exhausting.
Unfortunately, women have these things to take into consideration when we travel alone. In some countries, we can not dress as we want, it can be seen alone or at night without daring squad. It may be best and downright dangerous socially unacceptable at worst.
Does this mean that women should not travel alone? Of course not! It simply means that there are a few additional precautions we take to have to ensure our safety.
Modern psychologists argue that women powerful intuition and an increased ability to non-verbal communication to read instructions. Our gut feeling and intuition are almost always right. Listen to them. go
(It is also important to remember that the world can outside often be much safer than at home. I'm from Los Angeles, where gun crime, robbery and violence are common. I wouldn 't around at night alone there, though it's where I grew up. I do not want as stereotyping the world to come as a scary place out.)
men who may travel alone are also concerned, but we women have to worry about the security a little more concerned, have to defend our alternative choices in life a little more, and must be assertive and dominant in cultures where his so unusual. This is why we make such a big deal out of solo female travel, and that is why I write this column -. They give advice on how to make your trip better and safer to
to meet through the right precautions, do some research into customs and security to visit before the foreign and go with your gut feeling can safe, convenient and incredibly satisfying solo travel in future blogs, I'll talk more about the positive character development, cultivation of fearlessness and personal growth that solo travelers experience.
Solo travel does not have to be dangerous or scary, it just needs the right amount of preparation and vigilance.
Kristin Addis is a former investment banker who sold all of her belongings and offer California farewell favor of solo travels through Asia, while for those looking off-the-beaten track adventure. There is almost nothing that they will not try, and almost nowhere they will not discover. You can read more of her thoughts find his muse at MyTravel. Connect with her on Twitter and Facebook
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