This is a video based on an article written about princesses trying to escape their abusive families in Dubai. Though their experience is obviously very specific, I think it's important we hear and remember their stories.
A month or so ago there was an uptick in influencers talking about how female microcelebs need to be wary of invites to Dubai. There's a lot of stories about basically forced labor and kidnapping, and horrific accounts of SA.
Abuse happens everywhere, but some places are better for survivors than others. I know the world is a beautiful place filled with beautiful people, but please be wary of where you're traveling and with who, and don't let powerful people convince you that a place is safe if you know it's not.
Link to the original article: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/05/08/the-fugitive-princesses-of-dubai
2 Comments
irotsoma@piefed.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 92d
Yeah any place where women are forced to cover their bodies "so men aren't tempted" just means the majority consider sexual abuse as an acceptable part of their society, so there's no way I would ever go there. That goes for countries like this as well as places like highly Christian rural areas in the US (where I live) since the Bible also says many times that women are the property of men, and perhaps even implies they are not sentient beings, just there for making babies. I often hear the same idea in those subcultures that a woman "deserved" to be assaulted because she "dressed too slutty".
ZDL@lazysoci.al · 4 pts · 92d
Compassionate fucking Buddha is this disturbing!
And these are the people our so-called leaders are cozying up to. Everywhere in the world. This is one of the loudest examples of quietly telling on themselves I've ever seen.