Comments on: Craving Driving http://saudijeans.org/2009/07/25/craving-driving/ Rants and Raves from Saudi Arabia Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:08:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Chiara http://saudijeans.org/2009/07/25/craving-driving/#comment-18957 Sat, 15 Aug 2009 19:08:13 +0000 http://saudijeans.org/?p=2385#comment-18957 “Out of the mouths of babes!”

]]> By: Aysha http://saudijeans.org/2009/07/25/craving-driving/#comment-18947 Sat, 15 Aug 2009 10:40:35 +0000 http://saudijeans.org/?p=2385#comment-18947 I did not realize the effect of this “no women driving” on the very psyche of people until my three year old commented voluntarily and out of his own observation “mommies can’t drive, they make accidents, only daddies can drive.” I was surprised by his comment especially that both hubby and I are his primary source of input. “But mommies can drive too,” I told him. “No, if mommies drive the police will catch them.” There I realized that he simply concluded that people caught by police are bad people who disturb the road, and this is the category set for women…

]]> By: Mohamed S. http://saudijeans.org/2009/07/25/craving-driving/#comment-18835 Sun, 02 Aug 2009 15:55:04 +0000 http://saudijeans.org/?p=2385#comment-18835 I’m pretty sure building a cinema takes longer than 9 months :P

]]> By: Shafiq http://saudijeans.org/2009/07/25/craving-driving/#comment-18799 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:22:26 +0000 http://saudijeans.org/?p=2385#comment-18799 There isn’t one

]]> By: lirun http://saudijeans.org/2009/07/25/craving-driving/#comment-18796 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 08:48:51 +0000 http://saudijeans.org/?p=2385#comment-18796 whats the rationale behind banning women from driving in Saudi Arabia..

]]> By: Chiara http://saudijeans.org/2009/07/25/craving-driving/#comment-18766 Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:48:19 +0000 http://saudijeans.org/?p=2385#comment-18766 Andrew–Good point. One should never underestimate the power of organized mothers: breaking the code of silence of the Italian Mafia, demonstrating with pots in hand against Pinochet, Argentinian grandmothers demontrating weekly to have their “disappeared” children and grandchildren returned…I;m sure the pregnant women of Saudi can effect transition too.

]]> By: Shafiq http://saudijeans.org/2009/07/25/craving-driving/#comment-18765 Sun, 26 Jul 2009 14:18:43 +0000 http://saudijeans.org/?p=2385#comment-18765 In Britain there’s an old law allowing pregnant women to pee in Policemen’s hats if they crave it.

]]> By: Andrew http://saudijeans.org/2009/07/25/craving-driving/#comment-18764 Sun, 26 Jul 2009 12:12:23 +0000 http://saudijeans.org/?p=2385#comment-18764 If the police will tolerate craving as a reason for items that the police do not ordinarily tolerate, perhaps a group of ladies who are pregnant should gather and determine that they have a craving for watching films in a cinema?

Perhaps our ladies will lead the way on such issues.

]]> By: Solomon2 http://saudijeans.org/2009/07/25/craving-driving/#comment-18763 Sun, 26 Jul 2009 04:37:12 +0000 http://saudijeans.org/?p=2385#comment-18763 Since women driving a car to satisfy their cravings is illegal in Saudi Arabia, why not have them fly airplanes instead?

]]> By: woman (free!) from Sweden http://saudijeans.org/2009/07/25/craving-driving/#comment-18761 Sat, 25 Jul 2009 20:55:12 +0000 http://saudijeans.org/?p=2385#comment-18761 Jesus! What a culture!
And just WHY should not women be as well aimed to drive as men?

Stone age thinking…

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