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Saudi Historian Says U.S. Women Drive Because They Don't Care If They're Raped

 

A Saudi Arabian historian trying to justify the nation's ban on female drivers says women who drive in other countries such as the United States don't care if they're raped and that sexual violence "is no big deal to them."

 

Saleh al-Saadoon claimed in a recent TV interview that women can be raped when a car breaks down, but unlike other countries, Saudi Arabia protects its women from that risk by not allowing them to drive in the first place, according to a translation posted online by the Middle East Media Research Institute.

 

"They don't care if they are raped on the roadside, but we do," al-Saadoon said on Saudi Rotana Khalijiyya TV.

 

“It’s no big deal for them beyond the damage to their morale,” al-Saadoon replied. “In our case, however, the problem is of a social and religious nature.”

 

But when the host asked if the historian was worried about the women being raped by their own male drivers, Dr Al-Saadoon admitted this was a problem.

 

"There is a solution, but the government officials and the clerics refuse to hear of it," he said. "The solution is to bring in female foreign chauffeurs to drive our wives."

 

That caused the female host to laugh and cover her face with her palm.

 

"Female foreign chauffeurs?" she said. "Seriously?"

 

Saudi women face serious penalties if they are caught driving, including lashing. Two women who defied the ban on driving last year, Loujain al-Hathloul and Maysa al-Amoudi, are being tried in a court that handles terror cases.

 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/09/saudi-women-drivers_n_6649896.html

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/women-drive-because-dont-care-5142787

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMZh9riV5kQ