In Saudi Arabia, forced marriage is banned, however, females are not involved in making decisions surrounding their own marriages. The Marriage Contract is officially between the husband-to-be and the father of the bride.In my opinion, I think that this rule is pointless, because there is no point of making a rule that banns forced marriage, if the female in the household can not choose who she marries and when she marries.
As well, Saudi Arabian women live more of a virtual life than a real life. People are involved in on-line romances with people they have never met in real life ... and many use Facebook for other things, like talking about human rights and women's rights. They can protest on Facebook about it.
It seems as if all of these laws are 'for show' perhaps to placate foreign governments that Saudi Arabia is progressive.
ReplyDeleteI'm curious how you would respond to someone saying "This is their culture, who are you to say what they do is right or wrong?".
Also, on a design note (I teach web design ;) ) your font colour is difficult to read against your background choice. White (or similarly light colour) would be better.
I agree... Nice blog, by the way! I don't think it's fair that women can't do things that men can do... keep on posting, its interesting!
ReplyDeleteikr, that i believe in too
DeleteThe only reason it's their culture is because they haven't seen what equality is.
ReplyDeletei think what u just said is true
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