Dear Legitimately Working Girl (Letters Wednesday).
OK, so you don’t fancy the pick-up lines the local guys use? And they are just that - pick-up lines.
It’s what every guy in every country uses when they want to meet a girl or start a conversation.
Just smile and say “No thank-you”.
Trust me, when you get to be my age you are really going to miss the days when you were so young and pretty you stopped men in their tracks.
I don’t mean to sound naive, the world can be a dangerous place.
But unless you truly feel threatened maybe you should try to give others the benefit of the doubt.
I had a complete stranger use a stupid pick-up line on me five years ago and we’ve been married ever since!
Anna
Dubai
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To legitimately working girl, what these guys are doing is wrong, but when a good percentage of “white women” dress like “hookers” then we should not be surprised that some simple-thinking guys believe every “white” woman is a hooker, the type of sexy and even erotic outfits some of the “expat” women wear here in public areas is something I have not seen even in the USA during my study there (or recent visits), and even in the USA this kind of clothing is considered a clue that such women is a “hooker”.
Muhammad Rashed
Dubai
A.A.Ali.....very well said. Thank you!
Posted by: anonymous [03.Dec.09 6 : 49 PM]MR what utter rubbish. I could tell a few home truths but they wouldnt print it here. Careful how you judge others as the world right now is judging us too by our names, nationality and appearance - and it isnt nice is it.
Posted by: anonymous [03.Dec.09 3 : 26 PM]Muhammed - sorry, but I think you'll find in the West, very few men make an assumption that a woman wearing skimpy clothing must therefore be prepared to go to bed with you in exchange for money. What ridiculous bigotry - if you're really been to the USA, you clearly didn't learn anything about other cultures.
Posted by: anonymous [03.Dec.09 3 : 15 PM]Well, to be accosted from kerb crawlers is not at all flattering, but downright embarassing. There is a time and place for 'pick up lines', and a certain manner of speech used before it becomes sleazy.
Posted by: anonymous [03.Dec.09 12 : 41 PM]Dear Mr Muhammad, your comments are deeply worrying, disrespectful and highly misogynistic not to mention idiotic. If a terrorist wears a Burka to conceal herself to blow up a busy market place are therefore all women wearing this everywhere to be considered terrorists! Your comments are deeply concerning. It’s always the fault of the woman is it not! Double standards beyond belief!
Posted by: anonymous [03.Dec.09 11 : 06 AM]Honestly I agree with annoyeveryone. you dont have to do it but on the contrary, If you dont show it how would you sell it. It all depends on the individual how one takes it.
Posted by: anonymous [03.Dec.09 9 : 47 AM]MR - please, spare us...you don't have to dress like a hooker in this part of the world to be approached by men. You could put a garbage bag over your head and still get propositioned.
Posted by: anonymous [03.Dec.09 9 : 36 AM]MR, It is exactly this sort of attitude that also lead many in the west to think all Arabs are suicide bombers when this is clearly not the case. So do not blame women for how they dress. I hear this debate all the time 'it was her fault because she was wearing a short skirt' etc... rubbish! If I put a bottle of whisky in front of you, you dont have to drink it!
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