Saudi women allowed to live alone without permission from male guardian

[janterry]

Sort of good news, but..........

From article:

Saudi Arabia has officially allowed single, divorced or widowed women to live independently in a house without permission from father or any other male guardian, the Makkah newspaper reported.

The landmark rule gives Saudi women the freedom to stay on their own in a separate accommodation without seeking approval from their male guardians.

The Kingdom recently introduced a legal amendment allowing an adult and rational woman to live by herself in a separate house without permission from her father or male guardianship.

Judicial authorities scrapped Paragraph B under article No. 169 of the “Law of Procedure before Sharia Courts” which states that an adult single, divorced, or widowed woman shall be handed over to her male guardian.
https://gulfnews.com/world/gulf/saudi/saudi-women-allowed-to-live-alone-without-permission-from-male-guardian-1.79787003

[pamdb]

1. Saudi law

Hey, welcome to the 17th century!

[no_hypocrisy]

2. Single, divorced or widowed women

Meaning that married women are still enslaved to their husbands, their in-laws, their sons . . . . .

[janterry]

4. you have to wonder what would happen if the woman's family

retaliated against her. Would the court say oh, she's living alone - no wonder something happened?

[no_hypocrisy]

5. I agree. This wouldn't prevent an "Honor Killing" for the perceived shame

an independent woman would bring onto her family.

It would be presumed that the woman wants to be independent to have indiscriminate sex with many men.

[NotAPuppet]

3. You have to appreciate

every tiny step and see it as a step to more progress and freedom in the future. Our own country isn't even fully there yet, when it comes to equal rights for all citizens, and maybe we need to focus on that more instead of criticizing other nations.

[if..fish..had..wings]

6. No I don't

Saudi Arabia is medieval suckage.
Just because we still retain some of that suckage doesn't mean they aren't.

[packman]

7. Well stated

Primitive culture, primitive laws with the gilding of wealth.