tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163829617077221539.post3441040352824534092..comments2019-12-04T22:58:05.211-08:00Comments on taste of ink: Boys and girlsTeresa Meonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04002020162323586444noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163829617077221539.post-60313155692540949052012-06-05T18:08:50.182-07:002012-06-05T18:08:50.182-07:00... Unfortunately it is very easy to lose a veneer...... Unfortunately it is very easy to lose a veneer of civility when it's not encouraged by the society at large. I've seen nice American boys turning into misogynistic pigs when exposed to misogynistic ways in Russian/Eastern European societies. In fact sometimes Americans were turning into worst offenders! The Secret Service scandal is yet another example how fast American males lose their inhibitions when put into a society that has a different set of rules (in fact in a matter of hours :(). It may happen to females as well, yet the process is usually not as rapid and dramatic and of a different nature. The only way to deal with it is to oppose it. So to second a previous post why don't you tell them that their behavior is not funny, but disrespectful and to understand your frustration one should imagine not being able to do things just because of their race or religion...Irina Ruddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00793047630724321569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163829617077221539.post-35805273492373109502012-06-05T14:55:44.396-07:002012-06-05T14:55:44.396-07:00Wow. I think you're definitely entitled to com...Wow. I think you're definitely entitled to complain. Or better yet, call out your guy friends for being jerks. I'm sorry, discrimination on the scale that exists in Saudi generally ain't funny. A woman was frickin arrested for driving herself to the hospital, for chrissakes!<br /><br />It's so interesting that they felt absolutely cool with rubbing in your faces all the privileges they were given as men in Saudi. If you had been visiting a country that restricts the rights of a certain race or ethnicity, I doubt your guy friends would have been joking around about that power discrepancy. But since you were in a country that only restricts women's rights, that's totally hilarious lol rofl type shit. <br /><br />Making fun of your friends? That's cool. Making fun of your friends because they don't have fewer rights than you? Uh, who does that?Larahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04436385980875457886noreply@blogger.com