Comments on: Religion & Medicine Conflicting in the KSA http://xrdarabia.org/2006/11/21/religion-medicine-conflicting-in-the-ksa/ Informed comment and commentary about Saudi Arabia, reform, and its relations with the US Tue, 22 May 2012 20:17:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: John http://xrdarabia.org/2006/11/21/religion-medicine-conflicting-in-the-ksa/comment-page-1/#comment-2045 John Sat, 02 Dec 2006 00:08:29 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/?p=2344#comment-2045 There actually are a few (like three) shelters for abused women. That's clearly not enough and Saudi women are asking for more and for better laws to protect them. They don't particularly want, however, global support for their efforts. That support complicates things for them as it provides ready ammunition for their critics to claim, "American lackies!" Most Saudi women prefer to define their own battles over their own rights, not be told what they should want. There actually are a few (like three) shelters for abused women. That’s clearly not enough and Saudi women are asking for more and for better laws to protect them.

They don’t particularly want, however, global support for their efforts. That support complicates things for them as it provides ready ammunition for their critics to claim, “American lackies!”

Most Saudi women prefer to define their own battles over their own rights, not be told what they should want.

]]> By: Northern shewolf http://xrdarabia.org/2006/11/21/religion-medicine-conflicting-in-the-ksa/comment-page-1/#comment-2044 Northern shewolf Fri, 01 Dec 2006 18:56:06 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/?p=2344#comment-2044 I shouldn't wonder at Saudi women's reluctance to be named in print: they are property in KSA, not accorded any status or voice. To wit domestic violence is a huge problem and women's shelters are virtually non-existant, the only one I know of is for abused runaway servants, so one can say that Saudi women are total prisonners of antiquated tribal customs and retrograde mysoginistic religious maniacs. That on this occasion they protested and stood their ground, albeit not as forcefully as a western woman would, has impressed me no end! May one dare hope that this is a sign that the average educated Saudi woman is getting fed up with her lack of human dignity, and is on the verge of organizing a real movement for equal civic rights for everyone, surely in this day and age of instant mass communication their cause would get absolute support worldwide and would have a real chance of success. May this be prophesy!!! I shouldn’t wonder at Saudi women’s reluctance to be named in print: they are property in KSA, not accorded any status or voice. To wit domestic violence is a huge problem and women’s shelters are virtually non-existant, the only one I know of is for abused runaway servants, so one can say that Saudi women are total prisonners of antiquated tribal customs and retrograde mysoginistic religious maniacs.
That on this occasion they protested and stood their ground, albeit not as forcefully as a western woman would, has impressed me no end!
May one dare hope that this is a sign that the average educated Saudi woman is getting fed up with her lack of human dignity, and is on the verge of organizing a real movement for equal civic rights for everyone, surely in this day and age of instant mass communication their cause would get absolute support worldwide and would have a real chance of success.
May this be prophesy!!!

]]> By: John http://xrdarabia.org/2006/11/21/religion-medicine-conflicting-in-the-ksa/comment-page-1/#comment-2043 John Wed, 22 Nov 2006 17:00:02 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/?p=2344#comment-2043 Mostly social ones. Many Saudi women are reluctant to have their names appear in public; Saudi men often won't even mention their wives names. At the very least, anonymity protects the speaker from harassing mail and death threats, sadly a frequent result of objecting to too-strict religious interpretations. Mostly social ones. Many Saudi women are reluctant to have their names appear in public; Saudi men often won’t even mention their wives names.

At the very least, anonymity protects the speaker from harassing mail and death threats, sadly a frequent result of objecting to too-strict religious interpretations.

]]> By: Andy http://xrdarabia.org/2006/11/21/religion-medicine-conflicting-in-the-ksa/comment-page-1/#comment-2042 Andy Wed, 22 Nov 2006 15:40:05 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/?p=2344#comment-2042 What's even sadder is that the woman who complain had to request anonymity. One wonders what approbriations she would face if her identity were revealed in the article. What’s even sadder is that the woman who complain had to request anonymity. One wonders what approbriations she would face if her identity were revealed in the article.

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