A video allegedly capturing the minute when a group of men sexually
harass feamales in the city of Dhahran, the eastern province of Saudi
Arabia, sparked outrage on the social media.Scroll down to see link to the video; the story continues below after the break.
It led many social media users to necessitate harsher laws punishing sexual harassment in the kingdom.
The video shows a group of men chasing feamales in what seems to become a car park, with an apparent scuffle going on between the two groups. The men heckle and follow the ladies, one of whom responds by kicking a man who grabbed her.
A police spokesman for the province in question stated they've seen the video and will analyze it to spot the harassers, describing the incident as ‘inappropriate behavior.'
A Twitter hashtag for the incident has opened the debate on the problem of sexual harassment in Saudi Arabia.
Many videos show bystanders in the parking lot watching the incident occur or recording it making use of their phones, leaving many to ask why there was no visible intervention.
However, former judge and person in the Shura Council Mohammad al-Dahim told Al Arabiya that sexual harassment is not really a phenomenon occurring in Saudi Arabia, even though it appears etc social media.
Many condemned the men's behaviour, while others debated if the ladies would have avoided harassment.
Saudis online are using the hashtag #تحرش_شباب_بفتيات_بالشرقية (“Youth harassment of girls in Eastern province”), that was mentioned a lot more than 60,000 times in a day.
photo — VIRAL: “Sexual Harassment” Video Sparks Social Media Outrage In Saudi Arabia
Some question the moral behind the video:
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