re western women

Submitted by yasemin (Canada), Jun 26, 2008 at 19:36

I'm a western woman. To me this means i believe in equality for women and being treated with respect, even though my marriage was a major setback, no doubt due to my having been raised in a time where traditional thinking held sway and where men had the last word. I don't believe in free sex and hold marriage and fidelity as being sacred even though i don't subscribe to any religion and even though I myself will never seek or welcome another involvement. The middle eastern men's attitude and the constant barrage of perverts hoping for easy sex has been burned into me and now here in canada i am wary when a man says hello in the street and i give nothing more than a grudging nod to acknowledge the greeting. I wonder if men everywhere are on the prowl and distrust male friendliness. I have learned to curtail the overt friendliness that might be allowed here without a man thinking I'm easy.

I look around me at the young women wearing low cut shirts and short skirts that reveal too much and am not surprised by this perception of women here. But we are not all like this. Unlike the woman who married my already married husband, not many western women would ever think to do such a thing. These men should look at what their own women do before casting stones.

I won't forget the day on the ferry when pervert number 3 hit on me with a friendly hello and having reached the limit of my patience, i totally lost my cool and yelled " What is it you want ? Is it sex you want ?" Poor guy backed away in a hurry and said no no as he tried to escape this crazy western woman. Bet he changed his attitude about us :)

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