15
Mar

How come I asked this question twice under gender and women's study and got no answer.


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Atleast in America, women don't need permission to leave the house from men, they can drive and are free to choose what they want to wear

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There are different parts to Saudi Arabia. If we are talking about urban areas, such as Riyadh, I'm sure the women look upon American women with some concern in terms of taste and properness, but there is a significant portion of women in Riyadh that do not wear the traditional burkas. They wear jeans and tshirts. I'm sure they don't really think of American women and differently than themselves.

As for rural parts of Saudi Arabia, I'm certain women do not even know about the existence of other countries, besides perhaps Egypt or Syria (UAE, et cetera).

If you asked the average Saudi woman about what she thinks of an average US women, I doubt she would state anything tasteful about her, but exploited seems like the wrong word.

On a side note, Saudi men look down upon the porn industry in the US, but still watch it anyway, it's pretty ironic.

If you consider it, Saudi Arabia really isn't more sexually repressed than the US was in the early 1900's. Remember when I Love Lucy was the first show to ever portray a bedroom (and the beds were separate!).


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I'm not from Saudi Arabia, but I'm American and think women in the US are deinitely exploited. They’re totally objectified on tv, movies, ads, you name it.

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My mom says Yes :)

BTw : My mom is educated also she has wide network of ppl from all nationalities Especially westerns :)


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concur with 33 lashes

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