I’m not going to start ranting andย blubberingย about how Egyptian men are all the same. But, let’s be honest here, a huge majorityย of them wish these were the qualities their future wife possessed. One should never encourage stereotypes, or condense a whole population into one simple generalisation. But for the sake of sarcasm, I’ll get reckless. Here’s an Egyptian man’s perfect bride:
1-Hot
And by hot, they want her to be “white”. A lot of people use the term “beida” in the streets. It’s absolutely racistย of course, but no one really understands that. They think a girl with goldenย locksย and ocean-blue eyes is unmatchable. They also want her to have a hot body, with lots of curves, but also skinny. Somehow.
2-Smart/opinionated
They don’t want her to be stupid of course! That’ll embarrass them. She needs to be street-smart and capable of forming her own opinions.
3-But not too smart/opinionated
But obviously, not too smart. How else is he going to validateย his macho-power if she’s, God-forbid, “too” opinionated and has a strong personality? So, most Egyptian men tend to go for the “cute” fragile girls, the quiet ones, those who seem simple and a little oblivious. The loud onesย might emasculate them.
4-Open-minded
She needs to be open-minded. The perfect one would let him do whatever he wants to her. He wants to be able to kiss her, and hug her, etc.
5-But somehow also “Mohtarama”
He can kiss her and stuff, but she shouldn’t be kissed or touched by anyone else. Also, she can’t have a past. Let’s not even think about her not being a virgin or something, because that’s conspicuously out of bounds. They want to be able to “deflower” her. It’s their right!
6-Religious
She needs to be religious, too. No matter what they do together,ย at the end of the day, she still needs to be faithful to her God.
7-Can cook
She needs to know how to cook proper meals. Who’s going to feed him and the kids if she can’t cook! What are women made for otherwise?
8-Tenka-ish
She also needs to be tenka. In the sense that she should be hard to get. She shouldn’t be the one making the first move, that just puts them off. She needs to pretend that she’s not interested at the beginning. Because, that’s what life is all about: waiting for a man to text you.
9-From the same social class
I think that’s something everyone knows to be true. Because of our capitalistic, materialistic country, you both need to have the same financial background. It can’t work otherwise.
So, yep. That’s the averageย Egyptian man’s perfect 3aroussa. Again, I don’t wantย to generalise. Some, I’m sure, are different. But, no one can deny that this sexist attitude is the norm.ย
