It definitely is a problem.

I had a Japanese girlfriend in the mid-nineties (that was the decade by the way, not her age!) who had just finished a two year stint in Cairo and absolutely loathed all the attention she got as it was neverending.

While my sort of current girlfriend was there in October, she ended up getting attemptedly raped and ended up spending the nest day in hospital as she had to fight him to get away.

It was partly her own fault for being so naive and over-friendly and having too much to drink, but even so, women really do have to watch themselves over there.