Chapter 8 - QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION AND WRITING: This article was written before the events of the Arab Spring in 2011, and the fall of long-time ruler President Hosni Mubarak. What has happened in Egypt since then, especially in terms of the situation of women? Investigate the reports of gang rapes of women on buses and other atrocities. As older, male-privileged traditions and power structures confront new attitudes about society and the role of women, how is violence (threatened or actual) used to control women? How have women in Egypt (and other similar countries) been able to combat the repression, if at all?