what can a western woman do to overcome the popular sterotype that she is immoral in Egyptian society?

Question

so to ask questions in EGYPT section about EGYPTIAN GUYS just because u like one is considered LOW SELF ESTEEM

lady ur answer is offensive and uncalled for!

I RESPECT MY SELF IM ASKING QUESTIONS FOR MY OWN GENERAL KNOWLEDGE AND NOT MERELY BECAUSE OF A GUY! I HAVE AN INTEREST IN SOMETHING...

Answer 1

I dont think Western women are "immoral" i just think Arabs are more conservative than they should be. But anyways, who you are is not who you are with, you have to be true to yourself and who you are. You dont need to change who you are because of society, (either Western, Arabic or Asian) because you should be true to who are. If anyone has a problem with a wrong perception of who you are, because of where you come from, you should make it clear with them that they are wrong, and if they can't accept this, then that's their problem. Why do you even care about what they think ? Thinking too much about what others think of you, would eventually change of how you think of yourself.

Answer 2

Egyptian women should not go with the crowd and try and make themselves lighter. Stick with your dark skin, you are beautiful. I don't think i have ever seen an ugly Egyptian girl, they have a quality that is rare. Beautiful eyes, brown skin. I married an Egyptian three weeks ago, and he is light brown. But at the weather gets hotter he gets darker, lol. So he has three shades to his skin. I tell him he is multi coloured, lol. I am hoping to get him across to UK sometime next year and he said that when he gets here he will be very light. But I don't care what colour he is, I love him for his funny personality and for being him. Egyptians shouldn't conform to media needs. And the TV shows should start using people with darker skins. When i was in Egypt earlier this month, I watch a few old films, and I did notice that they were practically westernised in the skin colour of the actresses, so this is not something new as the films were made in the 80's. And i don't believe that young people here should be spending time under sun beds trying to get a brown tan, they are putting themselves in danger just to look good on the beach. Stay Egyptian, that's the best way to be. You are great people with great personalities and very welcoming. That is your greatest asset, not the colour of your skin.

Answer 3

Dear, the very first thing you should take care of and work on is getting some self-esteem.

EDIT: Sorry, I don't think you got a message... I didn't say you should get some self-esteem because you ask questions about Egyptian guys. I said that because of some particular questions you ask - like this one, for instance. And I'm sorry if you find it offensive, I didn't mean it to be, it's just my opinion and, believe it or not, I said it with no bad intentions and it might even be helpful to you. If you think it's meaningless, just ignore it. But the way you react indicates there might be some truth in it. You can be mad at me if you like, it doesn't hurt me nor it helps you. If you want to do something really useful, you should examine yourself to see if there is any truth in those words of mine that made you react that way. It's for your sake, not mine. Best wishes.

Answer 4

What a shame that there are so many people on here with such narrow minds about middle eastern culture & how dangerous it is.
Unfortunately in some respects they are right, i lived in Luxor for 2 yrs & when i first went i tried to be respectful & dress appropriately, but found that it made no difference to how i was treated on a daily basis. About 6 months in i decided to go back to my normal dress code (not revealing anyway), & found that in fact i was treated better, because they then saw me as a tourist, dressed as they'd expect me to.
One of the major problems with Luxor & how they see western women, is that too many old, fat, rich, western women go out there looking for boys & sex. It is very hard to show them that you are not like that, even though they saw me every day, they still saw me as one of those women. Cairo is not so bad, they are more metropolitan & accepting of the western world.
So what can you do? Just be true to yourself & faithful to your man, do not be taken in by the 'man' chat out there & you will be fine, but you wont change it.

PS. msg to Buck (above), They are not ALL extremists, & i never felt safer than when i lived in Luxor, in England i would not walk down the street alone at night, but in Luxor i never felt any fear, they looked after me & never made any problems for me.

PPS. Tarre, take no notice of all the silly people on here, its the same in all of the catagories.

Answer 5

i guess if they get to know you and realise that you are not immoral............... on the other hand personally i dont care much for myself. Those that know me, know exactly how moral or immoral I am, they can then choose or not, to remain friends with me, and those that dont know me, well then i guess it doesn't matter anyway.
i have to say that sometimes it amuses me to listen to some men trying to chat to me and they are so obviously sure that after a short time i will jump into bed with them.
and i do so enjoy at the end of the time they when they finally get to the question, and ask me out saying no thank you i prefer not to. the look on their faces is often very amusing.

but i have to say the thing that annoys me most is the gossip. the assumption that i sleep around. its harmful and hurtful to all, i am a naturally garrulous person i love to chat and i smile a lot and i am English so i must sleep around according to most.
i will leave it to you decide if i do or not!

Answer 6

look, some egyptions think that if u have talk with a western girl, she will be on your bed at night. and this is true for a lot of western women in Egypt. i know a german woman that told me she hates european women so much because most of them in Egypt come to Egypt basically for sex with younger boys. my german friend told me that she came to Egypt for work, but they tought she is a $lut, as long as she stayed here, she knew the reason. the reason is a loooooooooot of western women have a bad reputation and this reflects on the whole western women and culture. after all egyptions will not force u to do anything u don't want to do, they respect all nationalities.

MY OWN EXPERIENCE:
i was attending a conference in Cairo , and met an american woman. on the break, we chated with each other, she said she feels as a stranger here and i offered her to go out for a tour in cairo at night, we had our tour, and when i offered her to come home with me (just an offer), she said ok, and she came to my appartment
next day, at 9 a.m. we were up from the same bed and we had a very very wonderfull night. she thanked me for the night and after 2 days, she left back to america, i never saw here again - she needed sex, i gave her waht she needed
but i know that not all western are alike
but i think that
most of them will join u in bed after just some hours of seeing u for the first time
even the western movies tells us that

thanks

Answer 7

Dress as the Egyptian ladies do when on the beach or in town. No need to go the whole hog and wear the veil and burka.
Keep your arms covered also the bits that you only want your husband or doctor to see.
Do not be loud and aggressive in behaviour or speech. DO NOT GET DRUNK

Answer 8

If you want to change their perception of you, you will have to observe local customs and dress. They believe that the West itself is immoral (actually secular, but to them it is the same), and the more western you look, the more you will face this prejudgment.

That is what you would have to do. Whether or not it is worth it to you to do so is a question I can't answer.

Answer 9

u can't do anything, the Egyptians thought that every western woman special the American are ready to make love with any one she met.
don't effort yourself, just ignore people who treat u like that

Answer 10

she has to adapt to the egyption, arab society, just like they have to adapt to yours, theirs is more moral..

what kind of stuff do you want to do in egypt th at sounds moral to yourself and not moral to them.. lol

if you want to use drugs, that is very very unethical over there (actually every where, may be not america lol seems like a style over there) if you want to eat pig's meat then that is probably immoral to them, but if you want to b a paedophile then that isnt m oral to anyone except sickos

so it depends on what you mean by moral, they also see you americans as stereotypes as well just like you see them as stereotypes (well actually most of the world sees americans as stereot ypes lol) but who cares just enjoy urself overthere, i guess its up to your conscience at the end of the day, you know right and wrong, and I dont think god (of any religion) would punish someone for something they didnt know

right, lool