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Saudi Arabian Women Integrate Workforce In Battle For Equality
Dos And Don'ts
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Saudi Arabian Women Integrate Workforce In Battle For Equality |
Dos And Don'ts |
10/12/09
Saudi women face some incredible structural and cultural challenges in their efforts to enter the workforce. However, in the time I spent living there and meeting Saudi students every day, I was very impressed with how these women were determined to forge a place for themselves in the workforce without turning their society on its ears.
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My problem with these places being the pioneers is that if anything bad such as sexual harassment is reported (highly unlikely), it'll make society's acceptance of mixed gender workplaces even further away.
ETA: I mentioned he's a Prince to imply that he gets to do whatever he wishes in his companies without fear of prosecution.
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My point is, I'm not sure if it's a sentiment felt by women across the Middle East but outside of Saudi, but from personal experience I wouldn't say that MOST women in the region agree with such limiting rules regarding gender separation in public, etc. Younger generations and the work of women described in the article are bringing about - slow - change.
12/16/08
I just wish people realized that Saudi Arabia's rules and restrictions on women are due to cultural reasons and NOT religious. Nowhere in the Quran does it allow blatant discriminations like this.
It's just men misreading and misconstruing certain verses and hadiths to further their own misogynistic, puritanical and hateful views. Nothing else.
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Maybe the reason women can't drive is that the dead are desperately trying to carjack a ride out of their Chippendale's-like cemeteries: all-male, all-nude, for all of eternity.
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Just sayin'.
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Because according to my dictionary, the Saudis ain't moderate.
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There is overwhelming evidence that Osama Bin Laden is merely one of many Saudi Royals that ideologically and financially support the spread of restrictive Sharia law, and the Taliban.
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And yes, yes, I know, I'm sure there's all sorts of lovely things about Saudi Arabia. I saw that No Reservations where Anthony Bourdain was shown around by a lovely lady who seemed really cool and didn't seem to mind being forced to wear a burka and sit in the "family" section of the Saudi version of KFC. I just have no interest in going to a place where woman are so completely subjugated to men. Ooh, I'm so mad now I have to go to the gym and work it off. I'd drive, but it's about 1 minute away from my loft. Which I own. Take THAT SA.
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(Obviously it's not the worst, but still.)
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How are we supposed to respect their "rules"?
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SNIFF.
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Hopefully, these barriers will come tumbling down soon, for their sake.
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So even if you have a Geo, you get to feel rich and fancy.
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