One way to keep a female “in place” (at home) is to make her life as difficult as possible. Mobility is the magic word! Money can buy private transport: a car and driver. Not enough funds, the female is “allowed the use” of a taxi. But when fares are too high, she can’t pay and so, “her mobility restricted”, will lose her job: loss of independence brings to mind being “caged”.



The word “blood” (we were created from a clot of blood) seems to me to be very important in the Kingdom. I guess that’s why when a Saudi woman marries a foreigner her children can’t get citizenship because they aren’t considered “pure” in bloodline? The world “mixing” seems to be offensive.



By creating all-female factories — the solution to gender mixing — everyone is deprived of having a choice of spouse selection.



In Muslim countries teeming with literate youth males are given preference in every way —education favoring mediocre male students because they are considered “providers” —thereby leaving the brilliant female minds tending to stir the stew; adding water in times of distress. In the West we “used” to say: Men bring home the bacon and women fry it. A stagnant economy never favors females. Who said: It’s the economy, stupid!

 

Olga Pitcairn, US