Topic > Gender Equality in Saudi Arabia - 1632

Women's surrogacy in Saudi Arabia is a systematic social and gender-specific methodology based on the religion of inequalities that permeates across class distinctions of income and wealth, status, sex and gender inequalities. Based on the tenets of the Muslim faith, this system of patriarchal rule is seen as adhering to the teachings of Allah and considered a special accommodation for the uniqueness of the female gender. The religious justification that fuels Saudi Arabia's women's extremely disadvantaged position has entrenched controls designed to systematically maintain and create boundaries and obstacles, preventing women from obtaining, exercising, or controlling power (Henslin 2011). The exercise of male power over the female gender is supported by state policy and is accelerated without fear of retaliation. The expectation of male dominance over Saudi women's lives is enforced by the fact that men are held criminally responsible for allowing women in their families to interact outside of the strict moral code. Often compared by Westerners as “gender apartheid” (Lichter 2009:277 ), the limited lives of Saudi women result in segregation and exclusion. Saudi women experience segregation where they can eat, work and play, with permission to access education, employment and purchase any item that demonstrates individual choice or power of selection, including entertainment items, books, airline, train and other travel tickets. . Saudi Arabian women, despite holding Saudi citizenship, have unequal access to the fundamental rights of Saudi citizens. They are prohibited from voting in political elections or running for public office and are denied equal opportunity in matters of immigration status by… half of the paper… the principles of the Holy Quran and the mandates of Islamic law. allow the Saudi government to advance gender equality, the evidence and example reflect an insidious justification for an organized and systematic form of gender apartheid. The trinity of participants in Saudi women's surrogacy includes the government of Saudi Arabia, which controls women out of fear of retaliation and moral condemnation, the men of Saudi Arabia who use their system of patriarchal domination to maximize control and maintain moral and social status quo. , and Saudi women themselves, who have few comparisons and are conditioned regarding their value and the expectations of their gender. Much gender inequality, subtle or overt, becomes apparent when Saudi women attempt to question and exercise the rights their government so palpably decrees..