[Land_of_Lincoln_John]

Key phrase: In addition, women here are not independent entities

[Tax-chick]

They need the permission of a mahram or wakeel (male guardian), which again puts them at the mercy of their husbands or fathers.

Or preschool-age sons. The lives of these poor women are just dreadful!

[Eastbound]

What a strange culture. Don't the women ever have reason to whack their man around on occassion? Don't remember ever reading where the man was clobbered by his wife.