Re: Yes . . .
. . . depending upon the culture "visited". They did not come to her, she went to them. The need for courtesy is in her court, not Saudi Arabia's There were places I visited not all that long ago (within the past 2 decades) where a woman "pretending" to be equal to a man was an outright criminal offence. One of those places was -- Saudi Arabia. Another was an Indian village in southern Panama.
Bonino went in with her eyes open, and came out, apparently stunned that her pre-briefing was true.
No apology required,
Dan
