Why Do Men Harass Women? New Study Sheds Light On Motivations
Researchers interviewed 4,830 men in the Middle East and came to some surprising conclusions.
Esraa Yousria Saleh was walking down El Hussein, a busy street in downtown Cairo famous for its souvenirs and tchotchkes, when a man in his early 20s made eye contact with her. He followed her, circled her, then suddenly — she felt a hot breath in her ear:
"I would like to put it all inside."
Saleh, 28, a feminist and activist based in Egypt, was furious. Why did that man feel like he could look at her? Follow her? Say those lewd words to her?
A May from , an international research group, sheds fresh light on men's motivations for harassing women on the street in four countries in the Middle East: Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco and the Palestinian territories.
