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In about 2006 in my twenties I was in India for about 2 weeks dressed as modestly as possible in a sari or baggy Western mens' clothes. I was sexually assaulted about 5-10 times in front of my male friend who pretended I was his wife. It was so traumatic that I changed my ticket and returned to England. On the streets it was about 90% men and you can understand why. Every time the man acted like it was no big deal or even funny, and it was his right to grope me, like I was a dog he insisted on stroking. Even when my "husband" shouted at them they didn't really react. In 2006 there was not the Internet porn there is now, but I feel that Western programmes showing casual sex probably did the same job, and they seem to do the same to thir own women as they're not out in public. At the time at least, there was no discussion of the fact women are at extreme risk of sexual assault if they travel to these types of countries. They will warn you about pickpockets in the guides but not that you are likely to be repeatedly groped.

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A good piece. The point about the lack of words for 'rape' in various African languages is also useful in trying to stop both black African immigration and in ending foreign aid (Trump deserves a lot of praise for ending US foreign aid to the illegitimate government of South Africa, a hostile foreign kleptocracy that persecutes white people). Similarly, there is the question of whether foreign aid etc can be used as a weapon to try and force Pakistan to take back the diaspora. I know British foreign aid to Pakistan is £13 billion a year whilst the nominal GDP of Pakistan is £374 billion, so I am not sure if it would have an effect in of itself. But maybe there can be co-ordination between a future right wing government in the UK and a future MAGA government in the US (assuming Vance succeeds Trump and wins the election in 2028)? One can dream... One can dream...

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