Assault at the Tahrir Square protests
The euphoria of the political change that has come about as a result of the protests in Egypt's Tahrir Square took a sinister turn last week as CBS news correspondent Lara Logan was reportedly cut off from her film crew by a 200 strong mob and sexually abused. The tragic incident has marred an otherwise peaceful protest and highlights the need for much more that political change.
While it is said to have been a result of the addition of new revellers to the square on the night that Mubarak stepped down, it nonetheless highlights the need for a change in the perception of right and wrong with regards to sexual harassment. If in a throng of two hundred people, a single women can be attacked in such a way without the large majority of the people around her fighting to keep her safe, then there is surely a problem with the perception of this type of behaviour in Egypt.
The sad truth is that harassment is a regular occurrence in Egypt and if the country is to step out of the dark days that it has existed in under Mubarak then the welfare of women and the respect that they are shown needs to be addressed seriously, as well as the other political issues that will surely be on the agenda for the new government.
While the exact details of the assault have not been discussed, it has been described as brutal and sustained and as such it is a genuine shock that it could have happened at the hands of a 200 strong mob. When that many men can all look upon a women in peril and not treat her with the same protection they would afford their own loved ones then there is a fundamental problem that needs to be tackled.
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