Saudi Arabia is great…for men only

My friend is normally pretty “with it” in terms of gender and sexuality and equality.

The other day he was talking about a colleague who was working in Saudi Arabia and how great and safe it was, and how there’s no homelessness or social issues like in the West because everyone is provided for including free education.

And eventually I was just like, “cool cool but could I (a woman) do any of those things in Saudi Arabia?”

And the answer was obviously no.

But then we’re right back to all the cool Saudi stuff. Let alone all the other problems with S.A, i’m stuck on the glaring issue of gender was just a total non factor even after being openly acknowledged.

It’s just been bouncing around in my head and I wanted to see what your experiences/thoughts are.