Saudi Historian Says U.S. Women Drive Because They Don't Care If They're Raped [View all]

[rpannier]

A Saudi Arabian historian trying to justify the nation's ban on female drivers says women who drive in other countries such as the United States don't care if they're raped and that sexual violence "is no big deal" to them."

Saleh Al-Saadoon claimed in a recent TV interview that women can be raped when a car breaks down, but unlike other countries, Saudi Arabia protects its women from that risk by not allowing them to drive in the first place, according to a translation posted online by the Middle East Media Research Institute.

"They don't care if they are raped on the roadside, but we do," Al-Saadoon said on Saudi Rotana Khalijiyya TV.

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Since the rape argument didn't seem to be convincing anyone, Al-Saadoon tried another approach, claiming that women are treated "like queens" in Saudi Arabia ....

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"There is a solution, but the government officials and the clerics refuse to hear of it," he said. "The solution is to bring in female foreign chauffeurs to drive our wives."

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Yes, women who drive don't care if they get raped. So, not driving protects them from rape. So, we should hire female drivers to protect them from being raped by male chauffeurs...

My curiosity is... 'What exactly is he an historian of?'

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/09/saudi-women-drivers_n_6649896.html