So, they are putting lo-jacks on women in Saudi Arabia

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BBC News - Uproar over Saudi women's 'SMS tracking'

A discovery that Saudi male guardians are automatically getting text messages about cross-border movements of female dependants has caused a Twitter uproar.

"Hello Taliban, herewith some tips from the Saudi e-government!" read one post, while another suggested microchips.

Attention was drawn to the system when a man travelling with his wife got an alert as they left Riyadh airport.

Saudi women are denied the right to travel without their guardian's consent and are also banned from driving.

Reform attempts
Saudi men earlier had the option of requesting alert messages about their dependants' cross-border movement, but it appears that since last week such notifications are being sent automatically.

Some Twitter users have mocked the move, suggesting also the use of microchips and ankle bracelets to track women.

Another tweet read: "If I need an SMS to let me know my wife is leaving Saudi Arabia, then I'm either married to the wrong woman or need a psychiatrist."

The text alerts are part of an electronic passport system launched by the Saudi authorities last year.

The government argues that e-passports make it easier for citizens to deal with their travel arrangements "without having to visit the passport office".

Saudi Arabia remains a deeply conservative country, however King Abdullah has recently introduced some cautious political and social reforms.

In September 2011, he announced that women would be given the right to vote and run in future municipal elections.

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

A muslim paradise

 

[msims]

All jokes aside, that shyt makes me sick. I feel like those women are enslaved over there.

 

[FukkaPaidEmail]

I need to put a killswitch on my bytch.

 

[Dank Hill]

taking bytch cuffin to a new level I see

 

[obarth]

I need to put a killswitch on my bytch.

nikkas gonna be buying self destruct devices for the p*ssy.

 

[Ohnoits]

All jokes aside, that shyt makes me sick. I feel like those women are enslaved over there.

They are. Even if you're an educated woman with a degree and working, your parents can prevent you from getting married so they can keep all of your money.

It's like you can't escape even if you marry or if you stay single.

There was a case of a woman who was a doctor over there and her family refused to let her marry so they could keep her salary. Basically slave labor even for the educated females.

 

[EQ.]

You mean "Ho-Jack"?


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[cleanface coney]

I need to put a killswitch on my bytch.

lmao you aint neva lying my nikka

 

[msims]

They are. Even if you're an educated woman with a degree and working, your parents can prevent you from getting married so they can keep all of your money.

It's like you can't escape even if you marry or if you stay single.

There was a case of a woman who was a doctor over there and her family refused to let her marry so they could keep her salary. Basically slave labor even for the educated females.

Yeah, that shyt is terrible. I get that you shouldn't dislike a group of people because of their beliefs, but there has to be a deal breaker when their belief system revolves around sexism and borderline slavery.

 

[the cac mamba]

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[chineebai]

man i went to dubai and women over there are on some shyt. Men get to wear loose white clothing while all women have to wear fukkin black clothing with at least a head scarf.

 

[Kenny West]

Arab money!!