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May 30, 2005

An Experiment

Last weekend Annie, Carrie, and I decided to experiment by going to downtown (the belad) completely covered. When we have gone on adventures to the belad before, we have gotten harassed by the store keepers because it is pretty easy to pick us out as foreigners. They automatically assume we have money to burn (which of course, we do) and that we want to buy their junk (which is much less likely).

It is noticable, however, that covered women get harassed a lot less so we decided to go undercover for our latest adventure (no pun intended). We actually did have a much easier time while we were covered. Even when we could only speak English they seemed to respect us a lot more. It was definitely worth the experiment. The experience also gave me better understanding of what it is like to be covered (and what it is like to be covered on a 90 degree day!).

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Posted by rcollins at May 30, 2005 7:30 AM

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