SAUDI ARABIAN WOMEN ALLOWED TO GO WATCH FOOTBALL. FUCK ALL ELSE THOUGH.
Saudi women can now go and watch football. Fucking finally. Unfortunately, it is difficult to stop and celebrate the small wins when there are so many more issues that need to be addressed. In what is described as one of ‘the most gender unequal countries in the Middle East’, being able to go sit in segregated stands at a football match is not fucking enough.
These women’s bodies will never be their own. They will belong to their father, then their husband, and then their sons. Women aren’t allowed to vote; to eat in a restaurant without a ‘family section’; work if it means they will interact with men. Women are not even allowed to leave the country without their male guardian’s permission. In court, two women must testify for it to equal the testimony of one man. For Fuck’s Sake.
These are human beings. It is not a woman’s fault that she was born a woman or born in the country she was. Rights should be EQUAL. But it seems many have been trapped by the laws of their society.
Yes, we should count every small victory, but don’t get fucking distracted. The regime and society itself need to have an altered view of women if there is to be any real change for the girls who are being born right now.
Sources: