I was on my own, living in Los Angeles, and I didn't know my way around, so I thought I'd walk everywhere. Well, that certainly got me noticed. Any woman who walks any distance at all is automatically regarded as a hooker!
I almost got kidnapped trying to find a taxi in the street. In Saudi Arabia, it's not normal for a woman to walk in the street alone, and I don't cover my face, so I am an open target.
Lone women shouldn't stop in the middle of nowhere for giant unkempt strangers with duct tape on their faces.
You shouldn't put your hands on a woman. Simple as that.
I've never put my hands on a woman, physically, ever.
There are ways to minimize the risk if you are a woman working in the Middle East: You can dress modestly, wear the hijab, cover your head, always travel with a man.
Patriarchy requires violence or the subliminal threat of violence in order to maintain itself... The most dangerous situation for a woman is not an unknown man in the street, or even the enemy in wartime, but a husband or lover in the isolation of their home.
You should never put your hands on a woman, under any circumstances.
Believe me I've been to Paris and I think that no place is safe in the world. We women need to care of ourselves wherever we go.
My one suggestion going forward is, any felony committed against a woman should be a full-season suspension.
Being a woman anywhere is dangerous.
The security of the woman is the security of society.
