Egyptian prosecution accuses woman of indecent behavior over ‘sexual cupcakes’ incident

CAIRO – 19 January 2021: The prosecution accused a woman of committing an act that violates public decency after making cupcakes decorated with a 3D shape of genitals.

Photos of a group of ladies gathering in a famous club in Cairo and eating the “sexual cupcakes” were circulated on social media earlier this month. The photos triggered angry comments and reactions against the incident.

According to the law, the woman might face a punishment of at least two year of imprisonment or a maximum of five years in prison, in addition to a fine of no less than L.E. 100,000 or a maximum of L.E. 300,000, or one of the two penalties.

Social media users in Egypt have expressed outrage and authorities immediately acted, given that sculpting genitals or drawing naked pictures are viewed by most of people in the Arab country as highly unacceptable.

On January 10, a group of ladies gathered in the Gezira Sporting Club in the capital, to celebrate the birthday of one of them.

The cupcakes they brought were decorated with a 3D shape of male organs.

Pictures taken during the celebration found its way to social media and appeared, perhaps firstly, on a Facebook page carrying the club’s name. Amid public outrage, the page deleted the photos but could not prevent them from being published on other pages.

Social media users’ stances varied, with many of them defending the incident as “freedom”, others have fiercely attacked the club members involved and others mocked it.