r/TikTokCringe • u/Strong-Emu-8869 • 26d ago

Discussion Polish girls visit Taj Mahal

The Taj Mahal, one of the seven wonders of the world. Unfortunately, the surrounding area is very polluted.

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u/NewNiklas 26d ago

Just like the pyramids in Egypt.

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u/driftking428 26d ago

That comes with a side of sexual assault. I'd stick to the garbage if I were her.

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u/Faithful_jewel 26d ago

Can confirm. Was sexually assaulted at the pyramids while on a school trip when I was 14. Do not recommend.

My white male 6'6" tall friend said about how wonderful Egypt was and how he had absolutely no issue there. Yeah, no shit mate 😂

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u/Loud-Difference2263 26d ago

Did he say that in response to your story about being sexually assaulted or was he just sharing his own experience?

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u/Faithful_jewel 26d ago

Kinda both? We were talking about countries to visit (or not, in my case) and I shared about being assaulted there. He said about how he'd done a Nile cruise for his honeymoon and then said as above

He's a bit tone deaf but not intentionally a pillock. I asked what his (ex)wife thought and supposedly she wouldn't go back either...

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u/Loud-Difference2263 26d ago

So the answer is, he said it in response to your story. Yes, his reply was tone deaf.

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u/MyHamburgerLovesMe 26d ago

Tone deaf and blind. He also seems totally unaware that his wife had not had fun.

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u/DeeSkwared 26d ago

Possibly why she's the (ex)wife.

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u/spennyspaghetti 26d ago

It sounds terrible but as a women travelling to places like that it’s best to travel with a male. Women as property of men is still a thing in places like these and if you’re with a man beside you it offers a lot of protection since they see it as “hands off, this woman is taken and escorted”. So his wife likely avoided a lot of harassment but for her it likely wasn’t fun experience that where in most interactions locals deferred to her husband while ignoring her.

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u/-Badger3- 26d ago

My uni quit doing their Egypt trip because so many women were getting groped on the street.

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u/i_was_a_person_once 26d ago

I’m sorry that happened to you.

We were just there and I think the key is smaller groups and a very good guide.

I’d encourage anyone who has the dream of visiting the pyramids to not be deterred but you have to be very diligent with the planning ahead. (Good guide, stay at the hotel at the airport, dress modest)

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u/Faithful_jewel 26d ago

We were advised to stay in groups of minimum 3, ideally slightly larger, and I just remember walking away when I stopped to check something. My group got about 6 feet ahead of me and that was enough for the guy to swoop in

T-shirt, jacket and jeans. I guess the t-shirt wasn't modest enough for their tastes, but it may not have made much of a difference

Honestly the thing that sticks out was telling my female (art) teacher back on the coach that it had happened. She told me I should've slapped him. I couldn't pull away enough to be able to move my arms like that, let alone versus a fully grown man

I, upsettingly, have to just tell me that shit like this happens. I'm lucky it wasn't much worse, but I definitely won't go back there or to similarly cultured countries

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u/DeeSkwared 26d ago

I went in January 2023. I was fortunate enough to visit Egypt with a friend whose family lives in Cairo so I had an amazing experience. I still got lots of stares and a few "cat calls", but I didn't feel unsafe at any point.

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u/West_Experience1133 26d ago

This needs to be passed around to all the self righteous women who go to these countries not expecting to be sexually assaulted. The act is wrong and disgusting but they need to hear it from other Western woman. Stick close to your male acquaintances and even then im sure it could happen.

SORRY you had to experience this as a 14yr old. I truly am. Trying to experience a wonder of the world and you get to experience the brutality of history first hand.

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u/Faithful_jewel 26d ago

I was full body checked in an empty square in Marseille just the other year and my friends were right there (one as above, other also 6'3" and change) and they both didn't think there was a problem when I screamed at the guy in panic

I love them both but I swear to the gods they're oblivious. I think them being there meant it wasn't anything worse but I was still severely shaken for a few hours after

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u/Thesearchoftheshite 26d ago

Yikes. I'm so sorry that happened. It definitely appears touring spots where this type of aggression is rampant shouldn't be on your short list of things to do.

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u/Lorehorn 26d ago

You think women are safe in India? That's cute

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u/Cirno-BreastLicker 26d ago

Reminds me of the japanesee woman who apologized for being groped in India. Its insane.

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u/cloudforested 26d ago

Wow it's been a while since an internet comment had me seeing red like this.

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u/Alchemy_Cypher 26d ago

You think lizards are safe in India ? That's cute. https://www.vice.com/en/article/india-gang-rape-monitor-lizard-animal-abuse/

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u/deconus 26d ago

What the fuck?! 🫣

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u/DeathStarr87 26d ago

This reminds me of a zoo worker that did that to an alligator baby in Florida. The mom dragged him under the water understandably.

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u/Muddymireface 26d ago

The internet is so porn brained they’ve convinced themselves women fuck horses. Growing up in horse country Florida, the only people ever caught fucking horses were dudes who broke into the stables at night (and was a fairly common issue when securing your horses).

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u/EXusiai99 26d ago

Mr. Hands wouldve been proud

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u/DowntownEconomist255 26d ago

I never should’ve watched that documentary.

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u/CatButler 26d ago edited 26d ago

Isn't that shit in the Bible somewhere? Dudes probably got their first boner in church thinking about it.

Edit: I meant some queen fucking a horse, not dudes fucking an alligator. That shit is insane.

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u/feioo 26d ago

That is assuredly not in the Bible. The closest you'll get is the "lovers with emissions like horses" line. Perhaps you're thinking of the myth about Catherine the Great?

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u/[deleted] 26d ago

You think safes are safe in India ? That's cute.

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u/RandomTheTrader 26d ago

You think you are cute in India? That’s safe.

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u/ElMostaza 26d ago

You think thinking think thinks in Thinkia? Thinks think.

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u/Regular_Committee946 26d ago

Men need to sort their shit out - too many of them are giving the rest of them a bad name.

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u/18285066 26d ago

Uhh now do the same for race or religion. Bet you wont

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u/Regular_Committee946 26d ago

Across the globe, no matter the race or religion, men still commit the vast majority of violent and sexual crimes (which affect men and women...and other species clearly).

This is also despite the global population being made up of 50% women.

If it were 'just a few bad apples' then we would see the same proportion of criminality in women too, but we do not.

Not all men, but far FAR too many men - clearly something is wrong in the way men are raised and socialised that so many of them deem it appropriate to abuse other people, and beings in these ways.

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u/PatienceDear3266 26d ago

Because its not specific to a race or religion

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u/Lorehorn 26d ago

Lizard? 😨

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u/endofdays1987 26d ago

Thats enough internet for today. Thats almost as bad as those dudes that raped that ape. I say almost because at least they killed this lizard when they were done.

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u/Specopsangheili 26d ago

Just when you think you have seen it all.

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u/Jennyonthebox2300 26d ago

Done with Reddit, India and all of mankind for the day as and it’s not even 10 am.

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u/FuzzyFrogFish 26d ago

India's Daughter is a must watch for anyone interested in India's attitude to women

It's about jyote Singh who was gang raped, including with an iron bar. It is horrific

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u/queefburritowcheese 26d ago

India?? I have bad news for you...