FREE ESSAY ON WOMEN IN SAUDI ARABIA: VICTIMS OF DISCRIMINATION

WOMEN IN SAUDI ARABIA: VICTIMS OF DISCRIMINATION

Saudi Arabia, which is located in the Middle East, is known as a religious state where
religion and government are one in the same. As the Islamic Religion is the government,
its book, the Quran (Koran) is the foundation and structure of the laws in Saudi Arabia.
As dictated in the Koran, men hold all governmental positions while the women stay home
and perform domestic duties. This seems similar to what the trends of the 1950's in
western culture, but this behaviour occurs commonly in Saudi Arabia today. Saudi Arabia
is controlled by male Muslim fundamentalist who reject western culture and concepts like
equal opportunity. This is the reason why women in Saudi Arabia, Muslim or not, are
highly discriminated against. Women in Saudi Arabia are denied the rights that were laid
out by the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The Muslim Religion, the
government and the men of Saudi Arabia treat women as less than equals, despite
nationality, social class or religion. It is customary for men to treat all women as the
weaker sex, as this idea has been implanted in them from birth. They are taught this by
their father's example, it in reinforced by the religion and praised by the government.
All women despite birth country, religion, and social class are subject to this harsh
treatment.
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