A Saudi woman who slapped a young man for harassing her has been praised by social media users for her “courage”. The woman was with her two daughters, aged four and six, at a shopping mall in Hafr Al Baten in northeastern Saudi Arabia when the young man followed her around, trying to give her a piece of paper with his mobile number on it. At one time, he moved close to her and wanted to put the piece of paper in her bag, but she slapped him, making him lose his agal, the black cord used to keep the gotra, the headdress, in place on the wearer’s head. Shocked by her reaction, the young Romeo, who became the laughing stock of the shoppers, fled the scene, worried that the mall security officers would catch him, local daily Okaz reported. “God bless you and your hand for taking action against this bothersome man,” Sayyed Al Rifai, a blogger, said. “May he learn a lesson and avoid harassing women.” Al Anzi, another blogger, lauded the woman for “taking revenge”. “That is the best thing she has done. My God bless her,” Al Anzi posted. In his remarks, Abdullah hoped that the slap on the face would teach the young man a lesson. “He should appreciate that the way he behaves with women is exactly the way other men would behave with his own sisters or cousins,” Abdullah posted. “He has to learn to leave women alone and not use the shopping mall to bother them.. Such strong action is needed to curb the phenomenon.” Mobiles and phone applications are being increasingly used in the Gulf countries to beat the strict segregation between men and women imposed by conservative societies. The sight of young males and females typing messages or sweet-talking into their mobiles has become familiar in shopping malls where they have their virtual rendezvous without incurring the wrath of their relatives. Increasingly, smart phone applications have marked a new landmark in the dating game. Before their emergence, young men used to throw pieces of paper with their mobile numbers scribbled on them. The practice progressively developed into using the Bluetooth electronic handshake and later the BlackBerry messenger. M̲̅.дŁį
Posted on: Sat, 17 Aug 2013 14:54:37 +0000
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