Summer is knocking
Freedom of Mobility......Challenged It is so frustrating living here, very frustrating. I live in a spot where females are not permitted to drive. I will state few of the implications on me as a female as a result: 1- I have to use taxis 2- I can't take taxi by standing on street, otherwise, I will be sexually harassed by all sorts of cars stopping, men whistling, verbal flirting, phone numbers on papers thrown at me. I learned this the hard way, in my country I used to that but when I did it here few times and consulted with locals about what I face, they looked at me with dropped jaws saying " in here, "decent" females don't wait for a taxi on street, they have door to door car, so if you stand like that, it only means you are asking for ....pick up" Thank you for the cultural orientation. well noted. 3- This also means I have to wait on street for average of 5-10 minutes in a country where summer temperature reaches 43C 5- The other altern...
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