400 Teens Arrested for Flirting in Cairo, So Egypt Kind of Sucks Huh?

Because they apparently had nothing better to do, police rounded up over 400 teenage boys for flirting with girls in front of schools, universities, and along the bank of the Nile, you know, just like the ancient Egyptians used to do. The process took an entire day, and the 15-17 year olds will all be brought before a judge at some point.

Why the hell did this happen? Did Egypt get all crazy Puritanical all of a sudden? Apparently, it’s just some sort of crackdown on sexual harassment, seeing that 83 percent of Egyptian women and 98 percent of foreign women in Egypt report being sexually harassed.

So what’s the line between flirting and harassment? There’s no official Egyptian definition in the law, but I’m sure this could have been solved by a simple, “is this guy bothering you?”

Note to self: Never go to Egypt.