I went to Saudi Arabia in 2000 on business and saw firsthand what second (or even third) class citizens women are there. It is pretty shocking to the Western mind, particularly those bold women who have been a part of the advancement and at least somewhat equalization of women in many Western countries.
Some female Saudi pioneers are trying to push the envelope again -- I offer this video mostly because you just have to see and hear the (male of course) argument against women driving at about the 3:00 mark. It is absolutely Neanderthal, and while I read about it elsewhere I wasn't ready to believe it until I saw this.
This also points out the kind of thing that can happen if church and state are mixed or not completely separated. This is in reality a religion-based dictate, but the ruling House of Saud is teetering between wanting to be accepted and deal with the modern world, and obeying the dictates of the senior clerics who call the shots in most of the areas where religious law (in their eyes) should apply.
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