Saudi Arabia sucks
July 23, 2009 12:29 pm
(is it now?)
If you’re a feminist and care deeply for the plight of women, you need to take a look at Saudi Arabia and the painstakingly slow and awkward way that they are modernizing. In the news today, a group of 26 women were given special training to allow them to sell lingerie.
The government isn’t too happy about allowing these women to work, but because only men are currently selling underwear, this impropriety takes precedence over the fact that women aren’t allowed to do much else other then stay home barefoot and “preggers”.
Personally I find Saudi Arabia to be the most backwards place in the world. Here is one of the wealthiest countries on earth, but because all of its money comes from oil, they have never been required to modernize like other industrialized nations. It’s almost as though an empire from the 12th century is still in existence, and has the financial power of a 21st century country.
You’ll recall that this is the same dusty shithole where women aren’t allowed to leave their homes unless they are dressed in suffocating burkhas, and are accompanied by a man (that they have to walk behind, of course). When will this world stop treating women like second class citizens?
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3 Comments
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July 24, 2009
Probably not before I’m gone.
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July 25, 2009
Very close to Saudi Arabia is Dubai, UAE, who have similar problems including effectual slavery: http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/the-dark-side-of-dubai-1664368.html
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November 29, 2011
Saudi Arabia is one of the worst countries in the world. I’d rather live in North Korea than Saudi Arabia… and North Korea is a crap hole… They are very ignorant in Saudi Arabia. They treat their woman like they are pets which are owned…. They are so uneducated and indoctrinated by their false religion that a lot of them actually believe their country is fair. What a joke. They put down Western Culture but are ignorant of it… We actually respect woman here, treat them as equals, support them and encourage them… Saudi Men have no idea how to treat a lady… Saudi Arabia sucks.
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