To not understand how anyone would go to Dubai

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A woman reports being raped, and is promptly arrested for having non-marital sex. And this isn't the first time. How can anyone choose to go to such a savage, uncivilised place?

news.sky.com/story/british-woman-arrested-in-dubai-after-reporting-rape-10660134

You are right in your comments about the article that you linked but YABU to say no-one should travel anywhere where there are atrocities/rapes/violence etc.

People have been travelling to all sorts of countries which when their record is examined have done much the same. I don't think it would achieve anything if they stopped

YANBU.
Saudi Arabia has a terrible attitude towards women. A woman who has been raped and finds herself pregnant will be lashed for having extra marital sex. She stands no chance of getting a conviction. If she flees a burning house and her clothes are burned off she can be lashed.

I live in Dubai.
Its a lot safer than most of the other places I've lived in.

Unless you get raped and arrested for it...

BadKnee,
Sadly rapes happen everywhere, and in this case the alleged offenders were British. My complaint is that the law in Dubai is so cruel - it is the ultimate victim blaming.

YANBU. There's no way I would go there or other places with similar attitudes to women. I'm constantly puzzled by how popular it is as a holiday destination.

This is why I have always refused to go. Yanbu OP.
Its not a safe country if a woman who is raped is then arrested due to the law
It would be wrong if nothing was done.
the fact that she is also PUNISHED for her rapist actions isn't 'wrong' its fucking atrocious

I know what you're saying , but I don't think we can get on our moral high horse about this when we've just had a rape case where the victims sexual history was dragged through the court and this woman has had to move several times to get away from harassment and hate. Victim blaming in both cases. We are no better.

There was a programme on R4 in the past year about human rights in Dubai. Even if you are a man it's pretty terrible, people getting beaten and dying in prison etc so imagine it's 10x worse for women.

It's an abhorrent thing but I don't dont see how not going there will help anything at all? We have basically helped in every possible way to destroy Mid East. Should that mean no one should visit us?
YABU

Well my friends son has just taken his whole family to start a new life out there. I presume it's because of the massive pay check, nice apartment, private schooling for his kids etc but it's not somewhere I would go for any amount of money.

I dont agree, we can get on our moral high horse about it and other issues such as FGM.
We dont have to support it or finance it.

I wouldn't go. It's immoral.

Um, of course it's better in the UK. Of course there are improvements that could be made, but you won't be arrested for adultery if you report a rape! That's not just victim blaming that's state-approved victim punishment.

It's still victim blaming though.

Apparently one of the reasons it's so popular among minor celebs is that the hotels offer free room and board to anyone who gets photographed there. I assume that 'normal' people actually do get duped into going there after seeing pictures of Billie Faiers et al... Ridiculous really. Why not just support somewhere with a better human rights record?

I find it incredible that anyone goes there. Aside from the ethical issues (did you go on holiday in apartheid South Africa, you unthinking idiots?) it looks a truly vile and vulgar place.

It's a "cheap" holiday to a sunny luxurious place. (As compared to where else you could go at this time of year for sun. ).

YANBU Fortunatly I can't afford to go to Dubai, but even If I could I wouldnt go. I could afford to go to Turkey and don't go there for similar reasons.

I agree.

Plus its blisteringly hot.

Not for me.

I don't think it's cheap. And I pay school fees so my tolerance for haemorrhageing cash is pretty high.
Even if it were I'm not sure that excuses giving countenance to a society which discriminates against women and migrant workers so appallingly.

Babybarrister, like what? The father getting full custody of kids?

There's no way on earth you could pay me to go there.

I've visited Dubai a few times. I have always felt safe, well looked after (the service there is second to none) and well respected as a woman. Walking through the streets of London I feel more vulnerable and cat-called etc.

There are some serious lapses in law there however and I hadn't heard of that last link you posted. Such a shame and I really hope as it becomes more and more westernised (as it has in the last years) things like this won't occur anymore. Here's hoping for humanity!
The PP who brought up the C.Evans victim blaming and treatment in our courts also has a point. We aren't perfect either unfortunately