The end of virginity....

[Mosaic]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/...-middle-east-16011926

Speechless!

[ummmm]

It's not just virginity. It's also prostitution, pornography, homosexuality and divorce.

[Mosaic]

Blimey. Not one of them has happened to me and I've been driving for decades.

[bibblebub]

the DM must get their headline writers from Saudi Arabia

[starone]

Nor me mosaic. I don't drive now because I consider myself too old and not safe on the roads but I drove happily for many years completely free of any molestation. I couldn't believe the news when I read it. They certainly have no trust in their people, men or women.

[boxtops]

LOL. It is an interesting point in that article, that although women are not allowed to be alone with strange men who are not their relative, they daily get into cars with a chauffeur who is a) male b) not related.

[ummmm]

It's nothing to do with trust, imo, it's keeping women where they want them...

[boxtops]

It says a lot for the concept of male self-control through (looking at it from our perspective) - that the concept of a male who finds a woman on her own won't be able to control himself from ravishing her. That, of course, is the woman's fault :-)

[RATTER15]

"Saudi leader King Abdullah announced women would be allowed to vote for the first time in 2015."

[bigbadmarty]

yes but can they reverse into a parking bay ? \\ sits back and waits for backlash\\

[starone]

No - that's one of the reasons I gave up driving. You can always drive in though - you don't necessarily have to reverse.

[naomi24]

//they daily get into cars with a chauffeur who is a) male b) not related. //

Maybe the drivers are eunuchs.

I don't know why you're speechless, Mosaic. This doesn't surprise me at all. It's par for the course.

[Mosaic]

Can't reply, still speechless.....

[naomi24]

^^ Ha ha! :o)

[bigbadmarty]

Ok starbucks was only kidding ! actually most of the lady drivers I know are much more careful than the guys !

[mickrog]

Ridiculous.....but i think allowing middle east woman driving in this country whilst wearing a berqa should not be allowed from a safety point of view.........stands back and waits for flack.....

[Sqad]

\\\The report contains graphic warnings that letting women drive would increase prostitution, pornography, homosexuality and divorce.\\\

If one compares Saudi Arabia today with say.....UK today...then I would agree with that statement.

[Mosaic]

Agreed Mick. It's got to be like wearing blinkers.

[Mosaic]

Oh sqad yes - and teaching them, and letting them vote.
Irony is difficult to convey online, no?

[Gromit]

15 of the terrorists that crashed planes into The Twin Towers and the Prntagon were Saudi Arabian. By some mistake that led us to invade Iraq not Saudi, but that is beside the point. If this cleric is to be believed, then women driving will lead to more female suicde hijackers.

[jackthehat]

Well, 3 out of five ain't bad.......;o)