Segregation will prevail
Everyone who read this ground-breaking-news was so delighted:
"Segregation
of men and women is not correct"
- Statement by Prince
Nayef, interior minister in the Fourth Saudi Media Forum in
But, what does this
statement really mean? Are we going to wake up tomorrow and find our 8th
graders, boys and girls, co-existing in one classroom? Does it mean that music
and dvd stores are going to take down that degrading board which hangs on its
entrance and reads: "no women are allowed"?
Are you kidding me,
coming from this source, this statement means nothing (read Ahmed's post which clarifies the story). It
actually shows how eager Arabnews is
for reporting on some promise of change, even if it is just a mirage. Just
to be realistic: Segregation is alive and well in so many parts of the country
so don't get your hopes up.
Prince Nayef, LOL!!!
That is rich! Especially emanting from this 'Uber-Wahhabi' and 'Kingship-hopeful'(now that's a really frightening thought!), like Ahmed I am not holding my breath.
Posted by: Northern shewolf | April 12, 2007 at 12:35 PM
Don't you think that segregation is to be expected when a man knows that he is not morally limited to sex with one woman and that divorce is so easy to come by? It seems perverse in a way but "moral" men in such a system would seek segregation as a protection for women.
In the west we can have mixing of the sexes because our moral code says that the only acceptable intimate relationship is monogamous (and unfortunately increasingly less so ) marriage.
Posted by: al_miller | April 13, 2007 at 09:45 AM