There is no question that there are some pretty significant differences in the interaction between men and women from one culture to another. For instance, a few years ago I spent a week visiting a woman that I know in England. On the flight home I met a man from Lebanon. During the course of our conversation I told him why I had made the trip. He absolutely could not fathom how I could be away from my wife for a whole week while I was visiting a woman and not have sex with her. For the longest time he inferred that it was just the two of us guys talking so he wanted to know all about how good the sex was with the woman in England and that it was ok for me to tell him about (nudge-nudge wink-wink)... It went on and on like that in spite of my explanations to the contrary... that she was just a friend... that my wife knew of and approved of the trip and so on... He genuinely could not comprehend how I could visit a woman friend for a week, and not have sex with her. Finally I asked him if he had a sister. He said that he did. When I told him that the relation I had with the woman in England was just like the relationship he had with his sister, he understood why I would not want to have sex with her. Now THAT he understood and made sense to him. But it was ONLY after I explained it in those terms that he got it.

It was a very, very strange plane trip home...

There certainly are cultural differences. But that still doesn't excuse ANY man for treating a woman with disrespect... Now, if Distressed was in a foreign country, then it would be HER obligation to understand and abide by the customs of that country... just as this fellow should be doing while he is living here.

Anyway, that's my story and I'm sticking to it no matter HOW wrong I am!!