: 4–8 Background įurther information: Rape in Egypt, Women in Egypt, and Feminism in Egypt Sexual assault has been used as a weapon against female protesters in 2005 and since July 2012. Ĭommentators say the attacks reflect a misogynistic attitude among Egyptian society that penalizes women for leaving the house, seeks to terrorize them out of public life, and views sexual violence as a source of shame for the victim, not the attacker. : 38–41 The attacks were described as the "circle of hell". Women reported being groped, stripped, beaten, bitten, penetrated with fingers, and raped. The attackers regularly pretended to be there to help the women, adding to the confusion. In these assaults, assailants would encircle a woman while outer rings of men deter rescuers. The behavior spread, and by 2012 sexual assault by crowds of young men was seen at protests and festivals in Egypt. The mass sexual assault of women in public has been documented in Egypt since 2005, when Egyptian security forces and their agents were accused of using it as a weapon against female protesters during a political demonstration in Tahrir Square, Cairo on 25 May. Sexual assault, sexual violence, gang rape HARASSmap, Operation Anti Sexual Harassment تحرش جماعي ( taḥarrush jamāʿī lit: collective harassment Egyptian pronunciation taḥarrush gamāʿī or gama'ei).تحرش جنسي ( taharrush jinsi sexual harassment).Tahrir Square, Cairo, where hundreds of women have been sexually assaulted
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