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0 pointsdevwastaken3y ago0 comments

You can be a woman and own land, drive vehicles, have a job, etc in those countries. You cannot do this in Saudi Arabia. You are under religious zealots whom will imprison and kill for saying anything against their beliefs/God. While Russia and china are somewhat along these lines, it's not to the same level.

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topkai223y ago· 3 in thread

The information regarding laws regarding women is out of date- the driving ban ended in 2018 (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-44576795) and the government is explicitly trying to increase the female labor force participation rate (https://www.brookings.edu/blog/future-development/2021/04/21...). I couldn't quickly find a good source on property ownership, which is obviously still problematic, but Wikipedia indicates that at least some individual ownership is permitted now (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_rights_in_Saudi_Arab...).

One of the contradictions of Mohammed Bin Salman (the current Crown Prince of Saudi, known as MBS) is that while he is violent authoritarian that has been cracking down on civil rights/dissent he has been affording women more rights.

devwastakenOP3y ago

Driving ban ending doesn't mean the culture has. Saudis are not progressive, they spend a lot of money ensuring they look progressive. In reality we rarely if ever get to see what it's truly like.

Sure, thats why more than half the cars on the roads there are driven by women now, and CUV sales have skyrocketed.

aliswe3y ago

Visit the saudi reddit and you will see

DoItToMe813y ago

Russia and China absolutely are not 'somewhat' comparable to Saudi Arabia, which did not even attempt to develop a legal system (almost all crimes were punished arbitrarily) until recently.

aliswe3y ago

Yes, you can ...

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