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naturegirl321
Joined: 04 May 2003
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Russ, I am not the luckiest person. I am doing my countdown and so is everyone I know who is doing the Footprints Teach in Georgia program. Their facebook status' are always saying things like, "Get me out of here", "only 30 more days to go", ect.. You had a completely different experience. You did not have to live in a host family, you lived in Tbilisi, you experienced it short-term, and you experienced all of this as a MAN.
I however, have been groped by strangers, kissed on the lips by neighbors, cheated out of money millions of times, taken advantage of multiple times, called vulgar things by the men, made to feel cheap because I am western, and the list goes on and on. My friend was groped in the park by two men at 8:15 am and I can PM you the horrid things that they said to her. She is American but understands Georgian and has been translating the comments that we get on a daily basis while we walk down the street. I am terrified to walk alone in daylight and want to buy pepper spray. My self-esteem is low nowadays and I actually feel cheap by the psychological or mental abuse that is in the atmosphere here. Thank God I do not know their language or what they are saying to me. And I would say that Georgians are trying to get me in their car with them quite often as well. Sometimes they wave and honk at me, and I wave back mistaking them for someone I know, and then they try to get me in the car. I also know of 3 cases of the girls getting sexually molested (or the attempt) by their host fathers.
Stay in a city, town, or village that is not Tbilisi for more than 3 months and tell me your views later! |
Sounds a bit like my experience in a South American country, except it was my boss who tried the sexual harrassment stuff. |
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Sadebugo
Joined: 10 May 2003
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| cks wrote: |
Russ, I am not the luckiest person. I am doing my countdown and so is everyone I know who is doing the Footprints Teach in Georgia program. Their facebook status' are always saying things like, "Get me out of here", "only 30 more days to go", ect.. You had a completely different experience. You did not have to live in a host family, you lived in Tbilisi, you experienced it short-term, and you experienced all of this as a MAN.
I however, have been groped by strangers, kissed on the lips by neighbors, cheated out of money millions of times, taken advantage of multiple times, called vulgar things by the men, made to feel cheap because I am western, and the list goes on and on. My friend was groped in the park by two men at 8:15 am and I can PM you the horrid things that they said to her. She is American but understands Georgian and has been translating the comments that we get on a daily basis while we walk down the street. I am terrified to walk alone in daylight and want to buy pepper spray. My self-esteem is low nowadays and I actually feel cheap by the psychological or mental abuse that is in the atmosphere here. Thank God I do not know their language or what they are saying to me. And I would say that Georgians are trying to get me in their car with them quite often as well. Sometimes they wave and honk at me, and I wave back mistaking them for someone I know, and then they try to get me in the car. I also know of 3 cases of the girls getting sexually molested (or the attempt) by their host fathers.
Stay in a city, town, or village that is not Tbilisi for more than 3 months and tell me your views later! |
CKS,
Sorry, I did not know the extent of what has happened to you there. Hopefully, life in T'bilisi will be better for you. I know the American female who worked with me there had nothing like that happen to her. Anyway, again my apologies. |
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cks
Joined: 12 Jul 2005
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Yes and she was in Tbilisi which is a totally different planet! And not there for over a year and half. But why apologize? I love you to pieces!!!! And you got to have the experience of a man. They treat men like kings here! But again, live outside of Tbilisi for a few months and report your experiences to me!
@ naturegirl- I know that you were having troubles in Peru but I did not know that they were similar to mine in Georgia. Keep me updated on your plans or come stay with me here for awhile and keep me company til I can leave this place  |
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