I told the driver: “You’ve got a sex-addict passenger who assaults women!” and he threw the guy off the bus!!

I finished work at 5:30 PM in Ashrafieh and went out looking for a cab to go back home. I spotted a bus (bus number 2) and boarded it. I thought it’s a good idea, it’ll be a direct way and i’d spare more money at the same time.

The bus was full. I sat on a small seat in the front row, next to a guy who was apparently sleeping. As the bus began moving, the guy started to wake up and more passengers came in and were standing in the bus.

I felt like the guy’s leg hit mine; I didn’t give this an importance, as it’s not the first time people’s legs hit me in buses or cabs.

But.. later that feeling became more consistent, and as i was trying to get away from the guy i noticed he was getting closer to me, and i felt something like a hard ball on my leg!!!

Then i turned my head lightly… And I saw that he was holding his d*ck and rubbing it against my leg !!! I quickly jumped off my seat and yelled at him, then reported him to the driver: “You’ve got a sex-addict passenger who assaults women!” the driver got mad, punched the guy on his face and head, and literally threw him out of the bus.

The other passengers were stunned. I kept sitting next to the driver until some seats were empty, then a lady asked me to sit next to her.

Isn’t transportation safe anymore ?!

Submitted by R.A.

Location: Monot, Achrafiye

Time of harassment: 16-20: Afternoon Rush Hour / العصر

Do you have a personal experience with sexual harassment or assault you would like to share? Please click here and fill out the online submission form. All submissions are posted anonymously unless you specify.

هل لديك تجربة شخصية مع التحرش الجنسي أو الاعتداء تريد مشاركته ؟ الرجاء الضغطهنا

تحيا الثورة العربية النسوية

شو أسباب الاغتصاب؟

المغازلة؟ لا.

التنورة القصيرة؟ لا.

المشي بالليل؟ لا. 

المغتصب؟ نعم!!!!!!!!

صور من مظاهرة ضد الاغتصاب في بيروت يوم ١٤ يناير موجودة هنا.

!!!إنضموا إلينا

Harassed by an Employee at Liban Post… While Going About My Business!

i had one document to take from the post office jdeidet-matn, a document already late… What makes the service of liban post lack efficiency and credibility, I don’t know! Much time later, having wasted time trying to call their ‘customer care,’ I decided to visit the office itself asking where is my document and several times had no success… Workers there had no respect for the INFORMATION; they do not give me any information at all and they are bothered by my questions on my document !

i went up at the second floor where the manager told me i should find it, i had to sign it, so the man holding the notebook for my signature asks me questions weirdly… Many questions, like how much times did i travel before, what kind of work i do, if this is the first time i come to this office!

Now apparently i need to go to that post office more times so I can see or meet him more! It’s not enough for him to do his task but instead but he wants to enter my personal sphere! As i walk by him, he looked at me with that look in the his face telling me how useless i am for not responding to his questions : this kind of servitude, he means !!!! after that,i told the woman receptionist what kind of treatment just happened, she laughed. how long will people consider harassment a funny thing ?

Submitted by B.

Location: Liban Post, Jdeideh – Metn

Time of harassment: 16-20: Afternoon Rush Hour / العصر

Do you have a personal experience with sexual harassment or assault you would like to share? Please click here and fill out the online submission form. All submissions are posted anonymously unless you specify.

هل لديك تجربة شخصية مع التحرش الجنسي أو الاعتداء تريد مشاركته ؟ الرجاء الضغط هنا وملء استمارة التقديم على الانترنت. وتنشر جميع التقارير مجهول ما لم تحدد

Adventures of Salwa at the Pub – سلوى في الحانة

 

“Be prepared… and be ready to scream! DON’T HOLD BACK!”

I was very young when this incident occurred… but I remember it as if it was yesterday. I was walking home from a sports club up the road just before the IC on bliss street. I always felt safe because the police station is 2 mins away, maghfar hbeich.

My cousin and I were two young teenagers, maybe 15 years old walking up the hill just before dark. Two men were walking towards us as if they were going to walk right past… very normal situation.

Just as they got close to us, one of them grabbed me by the arm and put his hand on my chest and felt and grabbed me then released me seconds later and continued walking as if nothing happened. My cousin was right next to me, but neither of us could speak a word, I couldn’t bring myself to shout, I was so scared.

My advice to anyone reading this is to be aware of what is around you, be prepared for such instances and be ready to scream… if I had uttered a sound, the police would have been there in seconds and this dirty man would never have hurt anyone else.

DON’T HOLD BACK, you have nothing to be ashamed of, they should be locked away so we can have a safe society to live in.

Submitted by L

Location: Maghfar Hbeich, Ras Beirut

Time of harassment:   16-20: Afternoon Rush Hour / العصر

Do you have a personal experience with sexual harassment or assault you would like to share? Please click here and fill out the online submission form. All submissions are posted anonymously unless you specify.

هل لديك تجربة شخصية مع التحرش الجنسي أو الاعتداء تريد مشاركته ؟ الرجاء الضغط هنا وملء استمارة التقديم على الانترنت. وتنشر جميع التقارير مجهول ما لم تحدد

دعوة للتظاهر ضد الإغتصاب

“كل دولة لا تجرِّم كل أنواع الاغتصاب لا يُعوَّل عليها”

نعتذر نحن النساء المقيمات في لبنان عن لعب دور الـ”ديكور” المفروض علينا بعد الآن.

نتحرك اليوم في الشارع لنقول إننا واعيات ومدركات للعنف الممنهج الذي يمارسه المجتمع والسلطة بأحزابها وزعماء حربها على أجسادنا وأمننا وسلامَتنا.

من اليوم فصاعداً لن نُصدق الوعود الكاذبة التي تنهال علينا كلَّما طالبنا بحق أو بآخر.

لن نركن إلى الصبر والعضّ على الجرح مؤجلين معارك اليوم إلى الغد.

أصواتُنا سوف تعلو فوق خلافات أحزابكم وحروبكم المتقطعة والمتواصلة، لنقول:

على مجلس النواب إقرار قانون حمايتنا من العنف الُأسري كما هو، ومن دون أي تشويهات، والآن قبل الغد.

على مجلس النواب تعديل قانون العقوبات في ما يختص بجريمة الاغتصاب والتشديد بالعقوبة على من يرتكبها أو يحاول إرتكابها.

على مجلس النواب إعتبار التحرش الجنسي اللفظي والجسدي والنفسي بنا، خاصة في أماكن العمل، جريمة يُعاقب عليها في القوانين.

على مجلس النواب ووزارة الداخلية والبلديات التعامل بإيجابية وجدية مع الشكاوى المتعلّقة بالعنف الجنسي، كما والعمل على جعل شوارعنا وأحيائنا أماكن آمنة لنا في الليل خاصة، من خلال الإنارة وغيرها والسماح لنا بحيازة أدوات الدفاع عن النفس كالصاعق الكهربائي والرذاذ الحار.

ندعو كل فتاة وإمرأة تعرضت ونَجت من الإغتصاب أو محاولات الإغتصاب، وكل من سئمت من التحرش، وكل “ست بيت” سَئمت من الضرب والشتيمة والذل، كل المعنيات من موظفات ومعلمات وناشطات وعاملات ونقابيات، وكل من تشعر بالظلم وعدم المساواة، بالنزول معنا إلى الشارع في:

يوم السبت 14 كانون الثاني 2012

الانطلاق: الساعة 12 ظهراً من وزارة الداخلية (الصنائع) وصولا إلى مجلس النواب (ساحة النجمة).

لم يعد لدينا نحن النساء سوى أن نتضامن مع بعضنا البعض، أن نتكاتف مع بعضنا البعض، وأن نتحد مع بعضنا البعض، فأمامنا المعركة الأخيرة: الدفاع عن حقوقنا وأجسادنا وأمننا، وليس هناك ما نخسره غير قيودنا.

الوقت قد حان.


Any state that does not criminalize all forms of rape cannot be counted on

We, the women who reside in Lebanon, excuse ourselves from playing the decorative role that has been imposed on us.

We take to the streets today to say that we are aware and knowledgeable about the methodical war that state and society have waged on our bodies and our safety through their political parties and leaders.

From now on, we will not accept empty promises that are heaped upon us every time we call for our rights.

We will not give in to patience. We will not bite our wounds and postpone the battles of today to tomorrow.

Our voices will be louder than the bickering between your parties and your sporadic yet connected wars.

We call on Parliament to: 

1. Pass the draft law for Protection from Domestic Violence as it has been written and with no delay.

2. Intensify punitive measures against rapists and those who attempt rape, amending the respective law.

3.Treat verbal harassment as physical harassment, especially in the work place, making it a crime subject to judicial penalties.

4. Deal with complaints related to sexual violence with rigor and consistency. We call on the Interior Ministry and the Municipalities to also apply those measures. The three bodies should work to make our streets and neighborhoods safe, especially during the night-time, by ensuring proper street-lighting, and permitting us to carry tools of self-defense, like taser guns and pepper spray.

We extend this invitation to all women and girls who have been exposed to rape or attempted rape or harassment in all its forms, to all so-called ‘housewives‘ that have been subjected to beating and verbal abuse, to all those employees, teachers, activists, workers and union leaders who experience sexual abuse time and time again, and to all those who feel the injustice and lack of equality.

We call on you to join us on the streets on the 14th of January 2012. 

We begin the march at 12:00 PM from the Interior Ministry near the Sanayeh Garden, and move toward Parliament at Nejmeh Square.

We women no longer possess anything but solidarity with one another. We must stand shoulder to shoulder and unite. What lies before us is the last of our battles: the defense of our rights, bodies and security.

We have nothing to lose but our chains. The time is now.

Event info: http://www.facebook.com/events/283385688373672/

A Message to Parents: Listen to Your Kids When They Ask for Help!

For almost 2 years i was obliged to go each weekend to grandpa’s home, because all the family (aunts, uncles, cousins) meet there.

I was 11 when i first started telling my parents that i don’t want to go there, but they thought that I’m “not sociable” and they made me go there, 1st for my “sociable” personality and second because it’s “not safe” to keep an 11 years old girl alone at home. What my parents didn’t know was that “grandpa’s home was not safe”.

I had this 5 years older cousin who always had games for his younger cousins, usually the game would be hide and seek, my other cousin used to seek and we hide, and he starts squeezing my breasts, and touching me “down” in a very bad way… and that was the game for two years, and whenever i said i didn’t want to play he used to go to my mom and ask her what’s wrong with your daughter she’s not playing, and start saying that I’m fun screwier in front of my other cousins, and the same thing happened when we went to the TV room or anyplace where we are alone…

I’ll not talk about the consequences of this harassment, because now that i’m 23 i haven’t healed enough from this annoying experience. But a message for parents, when your kids don’t want to do something, it’s not because they are stubborn or because they have personality issues, try to find the real reasons why they don’t want to do things, and help them face them.

Submitted by Anonymous

Location: Beqaa Valley

Time of harassment:   10-16: Daytime / عز النهار

Do you have a personal experience with sexual harassment or assault you would like to share? Please click here and fill out the online submission form. All submissions are posted anonymously unless you specify.

هل لديك تجربة شخصية مع التحرش الجنسي أو الاعتداء تريد مشاركته ؟ الرجاء الضغط هنا وملء استمارة التقديم على الانترنت. وتنشر جميع التقارير مجهول ما لم تحدد

Sexually harassed while trying to flee during the 2006 War

It was when the war broke out in 2006 and I was coming down by myself from my university in the north to Beirut so that I can go to Jordan where my family where, as I reached Beirut and took a ‘service’, i had to sit in the front because there were already 3 people at the back.

The 3 people went down 1 minute later and i was left with the ‘service’ driver by myself.

We drove another minute or so then he stopped because he was waiting for some people to approach the cab (in reality, there were no people approaching the cab), and that’s when i felt the car moving in a suspicious way but at first i didn’t think anything of it and i was looking at the right side mirror waiting for the ‘people’ so I didn’t immediately look.

When I did finally look because I felt like something wrong was happening, he had his pants unzipped and he was actually masturbating. Absolutely terrible.

Submitted by MF

Location: Port

Time of harassment:   10-16: Daytime / عز النهار

Do you have a personal experience with sexual harassment or assault you would like to share? Please click here and fill out the online submission form. All submissions are posted anonymously unless you specify.

هل لديك تجربة شخصية مع التحرش الجنسي أو الاعتداء تريد مشاركته ؟ الرجاء الضغط هنا وملء استمارة التقديم على الانترنت. وتنشر جميع التقارير مجهول ما لم تحدد

Sexually assaulted by my boss: “Fuck dirty men they are everywhere!”

there was this Engineering company, that wanted to recruit a secretary so I applied and during the interview the boss was very nice and we agreed on 800 $ per month and he said that me and his wife are from the same village in the south and i am the same age like his son and he was calling me “daughter”…

so one day we were alone in the office (me and the boss) and he pointed to me at “hotel le promenade” and he said that it is a nice place and I said ok , so what , and then he grabbed me and he pressed on my breast and he said he will pay his life if i let him play with my boobs cz his wife has very small breasts and when I fought back and said no, he bluntly said “why do you think I am paying you 800 $ then?”

so I start packing my things and i told him that it will cost him less money if he convinced his wife to enlarge her breasts :)

Fuck dirty men they are everywhere …

Submitted by M.D.

Location: Jdeideh – el madini el sina3iyeh

Time of harassment:   10-16: Daytime / عز النهار

Do you have a personal experience with sexual harassment or assault you would like to share? Please click here and fill out the online submission form. All submissions are posted anonymously unless you specify.

هل لديك تجربة شخصية مع التحرش الجنسي أو الاعتداء تريد مشاركته ؟ الرجاء الضغط هنا وملء استمارة التقديم على الانترنت. وتنشر جميع التقارير مجهول ما لم تحدد


Lebanon’s Anti-Sexual Harassment Hotline

سجلوا هيدا الرقم وبعتوه لكل أصحابكم : 76676862

للدعم والإرشاد عن التعرض للتحرش الجنسي. !كلنا معرضين!

فريق حملة مغامرات سلوى دايماً مستعد يسمعلكم!

 

Save this number and share it with all your friends: 76676862

For support and guidance in case you experience sexual harassment. We’ve all been there!

The Adventures of Salwa team is here to listen to you.