not a piece of meat

everyone is in your buisness in cairo
that is why so many people left
and you can not walk the streets for pleasure or even for excersice
because the sidewalks are crooked and breathing the fumes of the cars is no fun
you find yourself tired after one errand
you find your self hiding away
afraid to show up like this or like that because of all the things the people will say

everyone has to comment about everything and we are the masters of misunderstandings
you say one thing and you get a phone call to make it clear you meant the thing and not the opposite
and in the end you have to apologize anyway


keep quiet i say
talk in general terms
and stay away from zamalek when the famous soccer teams in cairo play
cars are broken! so much frustration

you can be robbed! but it is usually safe
you can be sent to jail if you speak up too loud
avoid religious, ppolitical or sexual talks in any gathering

you can be told to shut up by family and friends
and you will be told to keep it down if you are a blogger like me
revealing so much, even about ideas, broad ideas, is not acceptable in the elite social scene
any sort of artist must tone it down a bit hold it back think a million times and consider the opinions of aunt x
and uncle z because poker faces are perfect for the princes and princesses of the social scene

some arts are not acceptable like dancing and singing and acting
you must come from a very liberal confident family if you decide to take that path


and you will always be judged for what ever you do or say
and the less arabic you speak the better it is for your prestige

we do have a few famous sluts roaming the social scene
they do not care what people say they gave up their reputation and they do not want women for friends
some make spells with real magic and some reveal too much meat to meet the taste of the egyptian man who likes to see wiggling flesh
ewww
i know

but the thing is, the men marry the non sluts and like to stare at the slutty ones
the men make their wives or girlfriends cover up and at the outings drool at the women with the least clothes who walks and talks like she is nothing but an object

egyptian traditons allow men to stare at other women, laugh hysterically, drool a little and then make cheap jokes forever, and egyptian traditions expect wives to smile and go along with the jokes because heaven forbid that she is thought to be of the jelous type or worse not cool, or worse not enjoying being humilated and ignored.

typical egyptian men reach their worse when they travel to a party alive country, they want to visit bars and stare more and laugh more with their married friends, laughing i think becomes a hysterical nervous reaction to hot women in general or anything female that moves. and if staring is all they do the women are lucky because when abroad the rules usually vanish and marriage certificates only work within a country's boundaries.

women are not allowed to recopricate the men's ways. to stare at pretty men, comment and drool or make their husbands look like fools.

they are also expected to dress like nuns and talk and walk with respect and keep their limits of the friendly touches is the common norm.

the thing men do not realize is that the slutty ways are the easiest thing and any woman can turn on the red light and seduce any male she wants to seduce, but those who seduce any moving man and delete the brainy mode are usually more desirable in the male psyche.

lady gaga would be laughed at in the egyptian singing world if she was born egyptian
because she is not displaying herself as a sexy cute object for the man to admire
she is strong
larger than life and she does not care
my friends thought she wore the meat outfit to say that she does not mind that people view her as a piece of meat
while actually she said the opposite
she wore the meat as a statement that she is not a piece of meat
seeing her sing with so much strength and talent you would know she would never say so
she is strong and she does not care what they think
like all the great artists
it is not so bad to be weird after all
nobody asks her why she she is not the clone of every other girl

that is why she is not from here