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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don't know why I get such bad looks when I tell people I went there, asking me if its ``safe''? Is that code for enough white people[/quote]

I don't know what they're talking about specifically, but I've lived all over the world and Morocco was where I experienced the most intense and aggressive sexual harassment of my life. Just next level threatening and it didn't feel safe. I was in my 20s though, I'm sure it's different if you're in a family vacation. [/quote]

[b]How is that behavior allowed in a majority Muslim country?[/b][/quote]

NP here.  I lived in a "majority Muslim country" for a few years for work.  It was the most dangerous place for women I have ever seen in my life, and I have lived in various countries around the world. Even in the "posh" area where we lived, female servants (aka slaves) were routinely raped/killed, women were regularly beaten, raped, and honor-killed).  According to sharia law, if the victim's family "forgives" the perpetrator, charges are dropped.  The misogyny and corruption in this patriarchal "majority Muslim" country adds up to something very dark for women.  And while women are blamed for how they dress, act, look to tempt men, men/boys are just not held to any comparable standards of behavior.

I've also lived in Dubai, which many mention as a more "evolved" version of the ideology.  They do a great job of keeping things sanitary on the surface so that the wealthy expats who keep the place running stay happy. But that same darkness and misogyny is there if you look beneath the surface.  It is no coincidence that the ruler of Dubai's wife and several daughters tried to flee from him (google it).

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