@ghassan: this is a bit off topic, but i have to agree with you. i was sitting in her car with my gf at the time in front of my house. we were talking (seriously we were in the middle of a residential neighborhood) and maybe an hour later a dashing cop had his headlights on and nearly ran into the side of the car. apparently our friendly neighbors called the cops on suspicion of lewd acts. i tried to argue with the cop that we were both dressed and clearly nothing was happening, and his counter-argument was that "we're done". amman is not public-friendly (@shalabieh i'm sure if one is more tolerant of abuse then solitary outings can be quite enjoyable :)

I'm really surprised to see that all three women replied, non fully got it. Yes, I do agree with you alma, it's even more, when I'm just setting with my gf alone in a car late at night.. sometime just talking, some times just watching the starts listing to music, everybody seems to assume that we're there for sex (including the "moral" cops that some times come knocking on your window asking you what your doing here late at night!), not to make sex sound like a crime cause it's a simple normal thing that people should enjoy without the guilt.. but, it's really stupid how every thing got to do with a female is connected to sex one way or the other.. why can't those idiots comprehend the idea that a female is an human being who could be doing all sort of things for all sort of reasons.. I mean for god sakes people, go get laid and get it out of your system!!

Mmm, I dont feel like I am making a statment everytime I go out in public, but still I can see what you are trying to say.

What you have to understand is Arabs in general are social creatures! Everything is done in groups of either families or friends or both, so when someone optes to be alone in public, its a bit hard to digest, you find people judging this person or making exuses for him/her, and that is speaking ingeneral. In the publics mind you are violating their personal space, by showing up alone not the other way round. (add to that the fact that you are a female, and it was late at night) Its a twisted world.