Women Drive in Saudi Arabia

In some cultures women have rights and high ranked jobs, in other cultures women have some rights but not strong rolled rights or high ranked jobs as men. We have to give everyone rights equally. From this point I need to specifically talk about the women in Saudi Arabia and how we treat them over there, and about there rights in my home country Saudi Arabia or other Muslim countries. In the past they did not give women all their rights. For example, there rights to work in general places, vote, and especially about that they can’t drive in Saudi Arabia. Right now she can vote, also she can work anywhere, but until now she can’t drive a car or have a major high ranked job that can change the way that things are working over there or change the rules. There is no doubt that woman driving cars in Saudi Arabia can benefit the community and our culture but there’s also the other side of the story and we can call it the side effects of women driving back home.

The benefits of them driving is that there is going to be less traffic jams and easier traffic flow and when women are able to drive. I think that’s going to be a game changing move that would change the way that our culture and heritage is, and can open some of the closed minds that still think that if women drove. That would be against our culture and can jeopardize how our country works and its way of living, just like this article I read about Islamic countries and that there new rules aren’t in the roots of Islam and that there just rules and laws made up by there governments

“Many women suffer human rights abuses in Muslim countries—in Afghanistan women are denied jobs and education, and in Saudi Arabia women are forbidden to drive—but the misogyny stems from cultural factors rather than from Islam. In fact, the Koran advocates equality of the sexes and humanitarian treatment of women. Men who violate women's rights in Muslim countries misinterpret the egalitarian teachings of the Koran.”  Watanabe. The side effects of that rule or law coming to life is that some men would hearse women drivers, because it’s going to be something new to them. I know that harassment would eventually stop after a couple of years but where not talking what’s going to happen after where talking about what’s going to happen when they firs legalize women driving. But Until today in Saudi Arabia, women are not allowed having their own driver’s license and there is no place to teach them how to drive. The Saudi government is against woman driving in Saudi because they think its will cost them a lot of problems such as the ones that I talked about before. I think a lot of those women can’t afford for their self a car and privet driver. This point that she can’t drive let a lot of people agree and disagree and every group have there own opinion that you cant even change it. Although I agree with the women can drive, I disagree in some point about it.

             

              Lately in Saudi Arabia the women started to get some of their rights and this is what it should happen from the beginning. Women start to insist to get a job, and from this point the problem start that the women need for someone to give her a ride.Right now she needs a car also a driver because in Saudi Arabia there are no good transportation specifically not good in everywhere. Some people said that there is a good transportation but the problem is the transportation well not includes every place or it will cost them a lot of money. However, they just have small income and they have to pay a lot to get good transportation. In the other hand, a lot of families start to use some illegal transportation, which is the use some people work without permeation from the government. They work illegally, they use very bad cars, and a lot of these drivers are old. These families start to use this illegal transportation to save some money. While they start to use illegal transportation, they will put them self’s in a very bad situation such as that they don’t know with who are they going with, or is he good in driver or not, and even if the car safety for them or not. 

          “There is no law in Saudi Arabia prohibiting women from driving” Katherine Mangu-ward. There is no law or word in our religious said that the women couldn’t drive. They can’t drive at this time because the government is against it, because of the way that people think as I explained earlier and I even saw on CNN about the protest the Saudi women went out in the streets and demanded there rights for driving “An Arab Spring may be coming to Saudi Arabia on wheels. Saudi women take to the streets, not for political protests but the right to drive. "Though there are no traffic laws that make it illegal for women to drive in Saudi Arabia, religious edicts are often interpreted as a ban against female drivers," Jamjoom also, our culture and believe think that the woman can’t drive. There are a lot of people disagree with the women drive think that there is law or something tell them the women can’t drive but there is nothing. For example, in the past the way that people was transportation is with the camel and horses. Here is some little story about our prophet Mohammed, he was need to travel with his wife, he let his wife ride the camel and he just walk in his foot. As we can see our prophet Mohammed let his wife ride the camel that’s mean there is no problem with the women drive. Right now its all about the cultural thing that they born on it.

           The women in Saudi Arabia need to drive. There is a lot of benefit and affected about this issue. A lot of people think that it’s a good thing that the women have to drive and it’s a good thing to do. For example, if something emergency happened in the house or anywhere else and there are no men over there the benefit is that the women can drive the car and she can help in this situation, but if she cant drive and there is now one teach her how to drive the car in this situation it will be more dangerous for the people around her.

 In conclusion, as we can see that in Saudi Arabia the women can’t drive the car. This issue let the people agree and disagree about it. In my opinion I think this issue the most popular women issue in Saudi Arabia. There is a benefit for let the women drive in Saudi Arabia and there is side affect. As we can see that there is no rule in Saudi Arabia that tell the women can’t drive, but it is the culture things. Also, the government against this issue and they didn’t support it.

                                                

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