By Nada Deyaa’ “I am getting married in less than two weeks! Everything is great, the preparations of the wedding, the dress, and the flat we’re moving at. Everything is ready except me!” With this phrase, S.A., 26, began the conversation. “I am terrified every time I just think of our wedding night, the first night we will spend together and the process of turning me from a Miss into a Mrs.” In a society like Egypt, it is culturally known that anything sex-related is forbidden, taboo and not to be discussed openly among people. “Even though we have been engaged for a long time now, we have not spoken about our sexual relationship that will soon constitute a major part of our lives,” she said. The stories she hears from other girls who previously got married are an additional reason to increase “the panic” she has regarding her first night with her soon-to-be-husband. “From the stories of bleeding girls to the stories of girls being raped by their own husbands on their wedding night, each story scares me to death and I have no idea of what he will…
Fear of Sex in Egypt: Misinformation and Cultural Ignorance Lead to Sexual Violence
December 16, 2015
