In Saudi Arabia,women and girls can't currently vote,date,marry for love,use contraceptives,ride bicycles,talk to men on the phone,sing or dance in public.Unless chaperoned by a mahram(male guardian),girls-covered in black abayas-are carted around women-only gyms,boutiques,malls,schools and restaurants(where they eat in the "family section,"apart from single men).The mutawwa'in,the religious police,fine or even imprison dissenters.Victimes of domestic violence and rape are often punished with lashes.Isolation is so intense that some feel that society is split between"two different specie."
Suicide rates amoung Saudi women are some of the highest in the world
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