1. I feel that the women were given very little to no human rights in Saudi. This can be shown from “women are also not allowed to vote, or even work without their husbands’, or fathers’, permission.” This explained that women are at the control of men in Saudi, and they have no say in their homes, not to say in the country. Also, they are actually condemned for trying to earn simple rights like allowing women to drive. This can be shown from “Dammam for up to five days on charges of disturbing public order and inciting public opinion by twice driving in a bid to press her cause.” This showed that the people the Saudi treated women as they were not allowed to have rights and should be charged for trying to earn them.
2. I feel that the use of social media has been an advantage to the women in Saudi. Through the social media like facebook, this case about not giving the women in Saudi the right to drive had been made known to the world. Thus, the world is doing lots of things to help them gain their rights. This can be shown from “asking him to free Ms. Sharif and grant women the right to drive, gathered signatures from more than 600 men and women”. This explained that people all around the world are helping them and it is trough social media that they knew these things. Therefore, with social media, Saudi women can gather more support from the rest of the world and gain their rights.
3. I think that the people of Saudi should learn to realize that by giving rights to women, they are not bowing down to the western onslaught for Saudi tradition. This can be shown from “the government remains steadfast in the face of a Western onslaught on Saudi traditions” Also, they must realize that women also have the ability to do things as well as men do, and by exposing them to the outside world, it may even help boost the country’s economy as a whole due to more people being able to enter the work force.
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I agree to a large extent that women make good leaders. This is because women have proved themselves to be worthy of being leaders for the past few decades or millenniums. Queen Elizabeth I, Mother Teresa and many more. They have not only proved to be great leaders, but they also inspire the future generations like us. This example has shown that women do make good leaders. If women’s leadership is not recognized, leaders like Hillary Clinton would not be able to compete with Obama for the presidency seat during the election. Also, women have proved themselves to be more meticulous when planning and doing things, this can be shown from the distinct difference in a boy’s room and a girl’s room. One last vital point would be that if men can be good leaders, why not women? Women can do what man is capable of. They can drive, score in their studies, and lead the company and more. Thus, women definitely make good leaders. However, even until now, there is still a slight debate about whether women make good leaders. There has not been a single women president in the United States history, despite it being such a free human rights state. Also, Singapore only just had her first women minister a few years back.
I disagree that women makes good leaders to a certain extent. This is because women have to look and dress better in front of everyone. While walking on the streets, it is not a rare sight to see a man in his singlet or sports attire. However, you rarely see women wearing her sports attire walking on the street, what’s more a leader. Therefore, a women have to spend that extra time to doll herself up and face the public, which a man need not do and can spend more time to think about how to lead the country or the company. Thus, women have to spend extra time to do other things and are more unsuitable to be a leader. Women also tend to be more emotional and be easily moved by little things that happen. However, a leader should not be too easily moved by little things.A leader should be decisive in their actions and not be easily wavered.
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