Sex, Marriage and Relationship Endless Talk {EGY-Tri-Taboo}
In this article, I will address the relationships talks in Egyptian society including commitment talks, marriage and sex.
Let's start with one of the taboo "sex" talks which could be addressed along with the relationship mumblings we get to hear from time to time. Egyptian society is not accustomed to addressing sexual concerns in public at least. This could be for the conservative nature most of the Egyptian society adhere to. However, from the collective memory most of the Egyptians have, one of the first physicians to address sexual matters was a hijaby woman named Heba Kotb and this was on air. of course, addressing medical concerns is different than sexual content on porn platforms. Usually, people could get medications from a relative or from a close network along with an exaggerated story on how effective this was. Still, there are limits for the Egyptian street to handle the sexual content available and find it acceptable. There is sometimes a stigma related to sex outside marriage, but it depends on the social network and how they look at it. This is an unexplained societal dilemma. some might stigmatize a rape or harassment victim, and others might find it fine for someone to have a sexual intercourse. The social dichotomy is, very much, vivid in this subject.
There are many interlinkages between power and sexual behaviour. During the Egyptian revolution, there was an attack on one of the female protestors which led to uncovering her clothes while dragging her in the street. the scene was quite sensational at the time and made quite controversial national debate and conversation. The conversation was on why she is there in the street and not seeing the insult coming from the powerful. Some were with the idea while others have different views. Historically, women's bodies were symbols of transgressions and demeaning behaviours in times of wars and dispute. why? because in respectable communities they are meant to be honored not disgraced and the disgrace in times of terror was/is/will be intentional to break the women's dignity, instil fear and be sort of an example not to follow.
sex and relationships including marriage have a social presence in the street. similar to other cultures, there are a lot of jokes, memes and social media reels on marriage and relationships status and situations. Those jokes are sometimes funny or not, obscene or not and real or not. Usually, in the told jokes, the women are cranky, irritable and annoyed when describing the Egyptian women in general. also, the bossy, ungrateful and despicable describe the Egyptian men in general.
There are nowadays numerous tips on marriage and relationships on social media. These are often mini couple therapy, self-knowledge and relationship communication tips. There are plenty of those tips and some might seem contradictory to one another. In conclusion, what could work with someone, does not necessarily work for the other.
So, do you know a joke on what was told?
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