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2. Really sad K&R. A portent of Egypt's future for women?

Sat Jun 9, 2012, 03:58 PM

Jun 2012

I'm really uncomfortable with this. Mubarak was a monster but public beatings of disobedient women is grotesque and entirely the WRONG direction.

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Egyptian women protesters sexually assaulted in Tahrir Square [View all] alp227 Jun 2012 OP

Egyptian attitudes on display. rayofreason Jun 2012 #1

How do you know this? shireen Jun 2012 #4

Apparently you didn't read the rest of the post: Doremus Jun 2012 #8

in actuality it is 74% and expected to drop more over the years La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2012 #9

74% is a pretty solid majority, and would be indicative of the general attitude 4th law of robotics Jun 2012 #13

Rate depends on cohort age.. rayofreason Jun 2012 #14

Really sad K&R. A portent of Egypt's future for women? riderinthestorm Jun 2012 #2

This makes me sick. SunSeeker Jun 2012 #3

Sadly this is not in the least surprising 4th law of robotics Jun 2012 #5

Things don't seem to be changing for the better in Egypt. eom tawadi Jun 2012 #6

Disturbing. Caught my eye in a pile of awful headlines today. BlueIris Jun 2012 #7

sickening. brave women though La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2012 #10

When Egypt was the cradle of civilization women had close to equal rights.. athenasatanjesus Jun 2012 #15