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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Monica: [QB] Very interesting msjen. Thank you for that informative explanation. That was serious stuff funny girl! <IMG SRC="http://www.egyptsearch.com/forums/wink.gif"> I hope that many members will answer your question: what about your home? In our home, there was never 'fear' of ill- reputation as we were privileged enough to be brought up with a lot of self confidence, and education was the principal goal. 'What people say' was totally out of our vocabulary when growing up in Egypt. That is the case with many of my friends and relatives. It is definite that we never went to deserted places with strangers. It was a matter of intelligence, more than a matter of culture, and it was totally driven out of care and respect to ourselves, and towards our family not to initiate 'worries' that's for sure... but mostly because we were brought up in a way that underlined self respect and pride. ( by we I mean my brother and I ) [QUOTE]Originally posted by Monica: [b]If an Egyptian girl/woman from a respectable family, would go safari with a stranger from the internet, she would be so so punished by her family, if they would discover that. If and only if, she would ever show up again of course! Is it the same in Germany? [/b][/QUOTE] As you're probably aware, Germany is a quite liberal country, but any friend or relative would be VERY WORRIED if someone (male or female) went to the desert or anywhere else with a stranger! There would probably not be physical but rather mental punishment (well, at least for someone who has reached the age of 18 which is the age of 'legally' becoming an adult here). One would earn quite a lot of disrespect and non-understanding from one's social surroundings. We have the 'benefit and responsibility' of being regarded as a mature adult quite early, so if we don't act like one, we quickly get to feel the consequences. Physical punishment, as I understand, mainly happens in famililes in which the level of education is not very high. But I would think that the most significant difference to Egypt is the REASON for punishment(as i understand): in Germany this would probably stem from worry about the person's safety, whereas i understand that in egypt this would often stem from a fear of loosing the girl's /woman's and her family's reputation. Here we don't lose our reputation from spending time alone with a man. Having said that, this would be the general tendency of a modern educated German, however we have many different cultures and religions sharing this country. In addition, the different generations here also have different outlooks on life, therefore the above does NOT reflect a "universally German" opinion. But what about your home? [This message has been edited by Monica (edited 23 November 2003).] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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