1. I feel that it is unfair that women in Saudi Arabia are deprived of such rights. At the same time, I feel very sad for them as they are deprived to rights to do even small things like driving the car. It is totally ridiculous and I feel that women should be given equal rights as men. We are no longer living in the old society where men are in a higher social class than women and we are now living in democracy, where everyone has equal rights. This is just another case of prejudice. The men thinks that the women is very weak and cannot take care of themselves alone in the car as they are "afraid that women are exposed to strangers outside their homes by driving". Therefore, I feel that it is very unfair of the treatment of women's rights in Saudi Arabia.
2. I think that social media is an advantage to the women in Saudi Arabia. Since social media is viewable across the world and Saudi Arabia is the only country which gives women less rights, the women can garner support from other countries. Also, they can garner more support from people across the world to increase their strength and have a better chance of overthrowing the law. This can be seen by the statistics that Ms. Sharif has gathered more than 12,000 supporters from Facebook and Twitter from the campaigns.
3. I think that the best way to solve this problem is to satisfy the worries of both sides. If you give the women equal rights as men, it would cause a huge commotion as the religious beliefs disagrees with it. Therefore, since the religious beliefs are caused by the prejudice that women cannot take care of themselves outside their homes, then the women should prove themselves that they are capable of protecting themselves alone outside. The government should introduce classes that teaches the women how to protect themselves and the women who completed the class would be given a certificate to allow them to have equal rights as men.
Extension Activity
2.Women makes good leaders. Do you agree?
I agree that women make good leaders. A good leader must have a clear sense of right and wrong, make the right decision at the right time. Also, they should be able to think calmly at the critical moment. Most importantly, they must be honest. If a leader lies to the public frequently, he or she would not get support from the public when the public discovers his or her lies and might get overthrown. The leader must have feelings for the public too. They cannot just sit back while the whole country suffers. Additionally, the leader must also know a lot about the world and customs of different religion, otherwise, he or she might offend other countries because of their ignorance.
A recent survey shows that the public feels that women are far more suitable than men to be leaders. 50% of the public says that women are more honest than men while only 20% of the public says that men are more honest, the remaining 30% are unclear or says that both are equally honest. In terms of compassion, the public feels that women are far ahead of men. 80% of the public thinks that women are more compassionate while only 5% of the public thinks that men are more compassionate.
Based on these statistics, it is obvious that the public thinks that women have the traits of a better leader. However, the current way of thinking does not allow women to be leaders. Many people have the thinking that women are much weaker than men and that it is dangerous for a women to hold a high-ranking position like a leader. As the position of the leader is usually held by men, people would feel uncomfortable having a change as they have never experienced what is it like and would not like to take the risk. Hopefully, a woman can stand up and change the way people think and let women have the opportunity to become leaders.
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