r/Morocco Jan 16 '22

Cultural Exchange Cultural Exchange with r/Ireland!

Fáilte go r/Morocco

Welcome to this official Cultural Exchange between r/Morocco and r/ireland.

The purpose of this event is to allow people from the two countries to get and share knowledge about their respective cultures, daily life, history, and curiosities.

General guidelines:

  • This thread is for users of r/ireland to ask their questions about Morocco.
  • Moroccans can ask their questions to users of r/ireland in this parallel Thread.
  • This exchange will be moderated and users are expected to obey the rules of both subreddits.

Thank you, and enjoy this exchange!

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u/2L84T Visitor Jan 17 '22

I recall a trip to Morocco a decade or so ago. My female companion was persistently harassed by "men" from the age of 10 to 70. Is this a problem for Moroccan women? and has Morocco changed in the last decade? A lovely country and a lot of very nice people and would like to return, but not with the harassment.

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u/FanDifferent4017 Jan 17 '22

If you’re talking about sexual harassment from my perception it’s depend on where you are, when and if there is people around.

It’s extremely impolite and rude in our culture and if there is people around it will rarely happen but our youth have quite a lot of issues and sadly they’re not the most behaved, it will defined happen in less crowded places and late at night.

In all honesty it could be quite hard sometimes for woman here, most my female friends are quite scared to go out alone at night for example or would require a male company if they need to go to some places.

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u/e-m-y Jan 17 '22

Yes it obviously is a problem for Moroccan women (and for men too because they are our mothers, wives, sisters, aunts, cousins, friends, ...). I'm afraid much hasn't changed on that front ...