Saudi women sue male guardians who stop marriage

ap ^ | Nov 27, 2010 | MAGGIE MICHAEL

[george76]

Year after year, the 42-year-old Saudi surgeon remains single, against her will. Her father keeps turning down marriage proposals, and her hefty salary keeps going directly to his bank account.

The surgeon in the holy city of Medina knows her father, also her male guardian, is violating Islamic law by forcibly keeping her single, a practice known as "adhl."...

The backlash comes as Saudi Arabia has just secured a seat on the governing board of the new United Nations Women's Rights Council — a move many activists have decried because of the desert kingdom's poor record on treatment of women. Saudi feminist Wajeha al-Hawaidar describes male guardianship as "a form of slavery."

"A Saudi woman can't even buy a phone without the guardian's permission,"

[Anti-Bubba182]

Controlling women is what Islam is all about.

[dog breath]

Does anybody know what political maneuvering got them a seat on that UN council?

[x_plus_one]

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[george76]

Saudi Arabia buys the woman’s seat

http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2010/11/12/saudi-arabia-buys-a-womans-seat-but-iran-fails/

[ZOOKER]

"A Saudi woman can't even buy a phone without the guardian's permission,"

Yet they are allowed to SUE?

You have to admit, it's a thorny problem. If you believe in women's rights, you would think there must be an age of consent for Saudi women - some age when, if still unmarried, a woman could get out from under her parents' control and live her own life.

That can't be allowed, though, because what woman would get married then, and be under her husband's control, for life?

[dog breath]

I am a little tired of our leaders kissing Saudi behind. I dream of a leader who will spit in their eye rather then bow. I would happily run my car on alcohol.