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Signalstar said:
LadyJasmine said:
A good move but showcases Islams backward hold on the middle east as a flawed religion.

1.What religion is not flawed in your opinion?

They all are but a lot of the other major ones are reformed. Blasphemy is still unlawful in Muslim countries.



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This is one area of the world that needs women's rights activism, but most activists unfortunately want to focus on non-issues in their own countries where laws are already in place :|



LadyJasmine said:
A good move but showcases Islams backward hold on the middle east as a flawed religion.

Nothing to do with Islam as Saudi Arabia is the only muslim country to have banned women from driving. 



Make the women do more work instead of the men, helps to save money on labour costs. Bigger profits for the Saudi Arabian royal family is excellent business move. This move is nothing to do with equality and more to do with increasing the Saudi Arabian family fortune.



VGPolyglot said:
I hope that the feminist movements around the world can continue to get traction, if it weren't for all the brave women who spoke out against their brutal regime, we wouldn't even be getting the slight improvements that we are!! But let's not stop there, there is still much to be done!

While it's true that the Saudi people could actually voice their criticisms over the subject in the last few years through the rising popularity of social media, I don't agree that feminism or any other movement for that matter were the sole factor in making this decision. 

Women not driving in Saudia Arabia is not only a social problem, it's also an economical problem. Decades ago when this wasn't seen as an issue, Saudia Arabia had a lot Job opportunities and those jobs payed pretty damn well. So because it's was (and mostly still is) a patriarchal society, only the man needed to work to support his family. The ban was just as stupid now as it was back then, but society and the economical situation changed so a lot women have jobs today and a large portion of their salaries goes to expat drivers who in turn send their money for their families.

And just last year Saudia Arabia was in recession and they're introducing taxes in the next few years. 



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one messed up world



VGPolyglot said:
I hope that the feminist movements around the world can continue to get traction, if it weren't for all the brave women who spoke out against their brutal regime, we wouldn't even be getting the slight improvements that we are!! But let's not stop there, there is still much to be done!

Feminists are morons, more worried with the nerd that faps to Overwatch porn or how an artist should draw a female characters in comics or a virtual rape that supposedly happens in WoW than real world issues.

 



It is good news and hopefully leads to more and more reforms in coming years, maybe by 2050 Saudi Arabia will reach parity on rights between men and women (I'm an optimist).



Lawlight said:
VGPolyglot said:
I hope that the feminist movements around the world can continue to get traction, if it weren't for all the brave women who spoke out against their brutal regime, we wouldn't even be getting the slight improvements that we are!! But let's not stop there, there is still much to be done!

But the feminist icon says Saudi Arabia is great for women -10 weeks paid maternity trumps everything apparently.

You know, you could've just said that the feminist icon is Linda Sarsour and yes, she says a lot of really questionable things that she claims to be pro-women that... aren't really pro-women.



Aura7541 said:
Lawlight said:

But the feminist icon says Saudi Arabia is great for women -10 weeks paid maternity trumps everything apparently.

You know, you could've just said that the feminist icon is Linda Sarsour and yes, she says a lot of really questionable things that she claims to be pro-women that... aren't really pro-women.

I didn't realise that I didn't put her name in. I really thought I did.