tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545566154711691364.post2881602239099114060..comments2024-02-08T00:40:06.559-08:00Comments on Traveling while Female: Openness to travel and trusting our instinctsErin Epperson, PhD (they/them)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01836879411295782636noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545566154711691364.post-88450536837082199422012-11-01T02:24:01.264-07:002012-11-01T02:24:01.264-07:00Hi Stacy,
Thank you for your response and thank yo...Hi Stacy,<br />Thank you for your response and thank you for reading my blog. What you say about your and your friend's experience in Sudan sounds very relevant. I haven't spent time in Indian villages yet, but I imagine there is much in common. My experience in mostly in cities (big and small) and towns, where the atmosphere is but more urban. In towns and cities nowadays, Indian women will walk on the street alone (though not nearly as commonly as men) and some even ride scooters. And (with some exceptions) do this without suffering from harassment. But a single foreigner (or even pair of foreigners) cannot walk without being harassed unless accompanied by a male. Anyways, I look forward to reading your blog and learning more about traveling in Sudan!. Erin Epperson, PhD (they/them)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01836879411295782636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545566154711691364.post-79785829298321968202012-10-31T07:55:55.910-07:002012-10-31T07:55:55.910-07:00That should be orientalistwhore.wordpress.comThat should be orientalistwhore.wordpress.comStacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06872708315807990120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545566154711691364.post-87051176883003885382012-10-31T07:55:25.664-07:002012-10-31T07:55:25.664-07:00Hi! Your blog was recommended by Kathleen K, a for...Hi! Your blog was recommended by Kathleen K, a former student in your Tibetan class. These are really good things to keep in mind when traveling, as following your intuition is the best way to know what to do. I have an archaeologist friend who works in India, and she says she'll often look up from her trench to see a man trying to stare down her (buttoned up to the neck) shirt. She's on site, surrounded by other archaeoogists, and they're not going to do anything obscene, so she just tells them to stop and get back to work.<br /><br />I spent 3 months this year in a small village in Sudan, where it was really easy to fall into local customs - women travel in pairs, and don't go off alone with non-family men. In the slightly bigger town nearby, we would often be approached by both men and women just because we were a bunch of white people; their intentions were always friendly, and it was completely ok as long as we didn't wander alone, because that is inappropriate for young unmarried women. Most people just wanted to know what we were doing and welcome us to the town; after knowing us for 5 minutes, we were all invited to tea, and we found that as long as there would be women around, it was perfectly safe to accept. We were always treated like family.<br />Actually, the time when I felt mot unsafe was recently on the London tube, when a crazy dude cornered me. And I take the tube every day!<br />I wrote more on my blog - orientlaistwhore.wordpress.com. Stacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06872708315807990120noreply@blogger.com