ABSTRACT
One afternoon the waiting area of the RHO clinic in Zitounia was crowded with women. They filled the chairs that lined the walls of the room. A very active little boy named Anas was running around. His mother, a woman in her late twenties, was having trouble keeping him under control. She appeared very frustrated and eventually just ignored his rowdy behavior, which was obviously disturbing the other women as they waited patiently to see the doctor. A second young woman accompanied Anas's mother to the clinic that day. She was her cousin who was visiting her from a city in southern Morocco. While Anas's mother was in the exam room, the boy hit her cousin on the head so hard that tears came to her eyes. She put her head in her hands and started to cry. The other women in the waiting room, who were left to watch Anas while his mother was away, scolded him and told his mother as soon as she returned. Anas was physically scared of his mother's reaction and cowered in fear behind one of the chairs. She was extremely displeased with his behavior and began to yell, drawing attention to the situation.
