Why are women banned from driving in Saudi Arabia?
I love the question. It gives me the opportunity to cut and paste my reasons to let Saudi women drive. See below for the arguments that I’ve heard. … * What if she gets a flat tire? She might get raped. – She can lock her doors and call for help. Better yet, she can travel with a young non-driving mahram or other women, if this is a legitimate fear. This will help provide safety, if men cannot be trusted to refrain from acting like animals. * Saudi Arabia has other problems to fix first. – That’s a plain and simple stall tactic. Allowing females with foreign drivers licenses to drive first can be quickly implemented. This small change won’t interrupt other problems that need fixing in the KSA. Later, licenses can be issued to women over a certain age ( ~ 22 years old) after undergoing driving instruction. Female driving instructors are already available. Later still, all women could be permitted to get a license IF THEY CHOOSE. The whole program could be stair-stepped into place over
i wish to know the answer my self, but the best thing i came up with is that if they will allow women to drive they will start losing control over women, as in Saudi arabia a woman is considered a second degree human and totally controlled by the men in her life. and the no. 1 reason as told by saudi men is that if a woman went out by her self and drive her own car she will face all type of harassment as youngsters (men) here see a woman only as a sex object, so based on that men say we don’t want our wives, daughters and sisters to face such a situation.
