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Originally Posted by 4paws
I felt pretty edgy in Morocco but no bad events
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Sorry to hear, I love morocco, but as a guy I don't have those issues. One thing I kept seeing in Morocco very often is Women hooking up with giggolos in morocco. Female sex tourism is quite a thing there. On top of that it stays a muslim country, and in islam there is certain rules of what to wear in pubic. Immagine there was a invasion of... let's say Japanese women in... let's say Switzerland. They come planeloadwise, don't comply with clothing rules (like walk topless anywhere and go naked in public pools and on the lakeside) and offer to sleep with random guys spontaneously. That's probably what it feels for Moroccans to see all the busloads of female tourists in tanktops and hotpants, wearing bikinis at the beach. We probably would start to get a little crazy at them Japanese women after a little while too in swisslands I suppose and it would be difficult for those (maybe Switzerland was a bad exampe since there is not many with no or only very basic education from school) having dropped out of school at the age of 8 or 10 to understand what's hapening. Particularly in Morocco there is a very interesting situation about the tourists. Number 2 income of the country is TOURISM. It has it's own tourist police force that protects tourists, not visible to us by punishing the ones treating tourists poorly. The news of a single rape going viral could cut tourism in half very easily. Be aware of that while you are in Morocco. Stand your ground, threaten to call the tourist police and you will see the opponent back up. They all know: Bad news for tourism, if it's blamed on them will be followed by a massive punishment. Hope this helps anybody getting in dodgy situations there.
One more point in general: most sexual assaults are being carried out by people the victim is familiar with. In theory travelling to places you're not familiar with anybody you significantly lower your risk to be raped
Safe travels!
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