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Biophilic

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5. Good grief, what kind of a world do you live in?

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Thu Sep 19, 2024, 10:00 AM

Sep 19

I'm 78, traveled a lot, but never the Middle East. I've never had anything approaching that kind of treatment in any situation, traveling or not. I'm sorry you live in the world you do. I doesn't sound pleasant at all. Even more than the normal misogynistic one I live in.

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Teenager told she had to strip by airport security to prove she was a girl [View all] OnlinePoker Sep 19 OP

well, it wasn't in the cards anyway, barbtries Sep 19 #1

Not going to happen. See my post below. hlthe2b Sep 19 #3

I'm sorry for her that she went through this. That said, Egypt is not the worst and Western women often go through this hlthe2b Sep 19 #2

With the international right wing autocratic propaganda ramping up focus on gender roles, haele Sep 19 #9

That is possible, but also not unlikely that they have had problem with fake passports and that would lead to this. hlthe2b Sep 19 #10

Invasive genital searches happen all the time in the U.S. as well for the same reasons WhiskeyGrinder Sep 19 #16

Oops Joinfortmill Sep 19 #18

This message was self-deleted by its author WhiskeyGrinder Sep 19 #19

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Good grief, what kind of a world do you live in? Biophilic Sep 19 #5

what the fuck is this shit right here WhiskeyGrinder Sep 19 #6

I see I missed some horrific comment obamanut2012 Sep 19 #14

I'm a little curious how you draw the line between demeaning and embarrassing? bluesbassman Sep 19 #7

The article reported that the girl herself termed the incident "embarrassing." Are you calling the victim "tone deaf?" Martin68 Sep 19 #12

The victim also said in the article she was "traumatized", which is not "slighted" or "upset". bluesbassman Sep 19 #13

That is true, but you are scolding a poster for using the same word she did to describe her reaction. The poster made a Martin68 Sep 19 #20

If we look at the Middle East through a Western lens, we may be shocked but we shouldn't be. elias7 Sep 19 #8

Invasive searches based on gender presentation happen all the time in the U.S. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 19 #15

Disgusting, distressing abuse of power. Just a preview of the effects right-wing paranoia about gender will have Martin68 Sep 19 #11

This BS getting WAY out of hand. Joinfortmill Sep 19 #17