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MrsCavalluzzi · Guru

Advocating Driving Women Drives You To Prison?

Zachattack · Veteran Member

the ban should be lifted

Olga · Veteran Member

The women in Middle Eastern countries should be granted basic freedom and rights. Then when they have those rights, it will be easier to advocate for additional rights, like being allowed to drive.

Lia_Love522 · Senior Member

I think this is outrageous, I mean women should be treated as equals and have the same rights and opportunities everywhere...I'm really happy that Malala has been getting so much presence in our media because I think it's inspiring women in those countries to stand up for themselves and what rights they deserve.

Kristen Lindner · Veteran Member

It is hard because both countries have different customes for the cultures. I think women should have basic freedoms in that country, luckily women are starting to stand up for their rights and if the U.S. can help the women gets more rights, that would be awesome!

SpaceNate · Veteran Member

I don't understand why men there marry women and make them have their child yet won't allow them to be themselves. The ban should be thrown out

Dane Ransom · Veteran Member

This is just wrong, the ban should be lifted and and the goverment needs to be more freeing to its people

Zoe Kline-Koenig · Senior Member

It is very hard to decide whether or not we should not allign with a country which does not hold the same values as our own. In this case I believe the alliance is neccessary, unfortunately. While it would be awesome to only trade and be partners with nations which give its citizens the same rights we enjoy, it is not a reasonale requirement. Many countries are very backwards in their thinking and less free than our own. While this driving ban is awful, I don't think it has anything to do with our oil partnership with Saudi Arabia.

BMX33 · Veteran Member

i obviously wish everybody in the world could have basic rights, but it is also their culture. women in those cultures have always been below men, but times do change. it changed in our culture and i hope it can change in theirs. but leave their culture out of international politics.

jenniferleonard · Veteran Member

It's really strange that here we take driving as a basic freedom when in other countries women are suppressed from doing so. We are so lucky to live here.

cjfreddi · Veteran Member

Even though the driving ban is really bad, I think the US should remain allies with Saudi Arabia. The possibility of them reforming their country is much higher if we remain allies with them than if we abandon them and leave them alone with all the Middle Eastern countries who hate the US and equal rights.