Cairo, the 23rd January, 2011

I always laugh at...

The recurrent theories about women which divide them between the respectable Wives and the whore Lovers. In Egypt and all Middle East, there is a common sense opinion which says Women cannot be FREE and Honest at the same time. If they're free, educated, fun, sexy, beautiful and independent (not surviving from a man's/owner hand) they MUST BE total whores.

If she's quiet, invisible, obedient and self-sacrificing then she becomes somebody's wife and forgets about herself and who she really is.

Ah! They also say Women are not strong or intelligent enough to defend themselves from the predators: MEN.

Even egyptian/arabic women tend to assume this is true: Women are defenseless and need a man to protect them from other men because they don't know how and when to say NO when approached by strangers with a penis.

From the day they are born to the day they die, Women seem to need a male guardian, protector, owner. First is their father, then their brother (if there's any) and, finally, their husband. The pet goes from one hand to the other, always grateful, helpless and stupid...