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Solo woman travel safety in India â Taking Proper Precuations
Most travel advisories will tell women travelers to India to ‘take proper precautions”. In light of recent events highlighted in the media where a tourist who was camping was raped and where another jumped from her hotel room in Agra to avoid being sexually attacked (and other small things I have noticed along the tourist path this year), I feel that its time to spell out what taking proper precautions means. What to wear has been covered in other stories on this site but rest assured that as in any other place in the world that clothes do not cause rape. Men cause rape. What to wear in India is more about presenting a stance of inapproachable modesty OR indescribable power. Here are a few borne in the bone safety rules followed by any Indian woman. Do not shake hands with men. Indian women do no shake hands with men outside a business situation and even there it is a relatively recent trend. Do not speak to men in public places. Do not feel that you need to â¦
Kinnaur Head Jewellery, India
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