Allowing Women To Drive Would Mean No More Virgins, Saudi Arabia Religious Council Says

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Huffington Post UK   First Posted: 02/12/11 18:01 Updated: 02/12/11 18:01

Allowing women to drive in Saudi Arabia would mean no more virgins and an increase in homosexuality, according to academics at Saudi Arabia’s highest religious council, Majlis al-Ifta' al-A'ala, it has been reported in the Telegraph.

More pornography would be used if women were allowed on the roads and rates of prostitution and divorce would alo rise, the report stated.

Produced in conjunction with Kamal Subhi, a former professor at the King Fahd University, the study into repealing the ban predicted that there would be no more virgins left in the Arab kingdom in 10 years.

Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world which bans women from driving.

Professor Subhi described sitting in a coffee shop in an unnamed Arab state where “all the women were looking at me“.

“One made a gesture that made it clear that she was available,” he said. “This is what happens when women are allowed to drive.”

The report was produced for the country's legislative assembly, the Shura Council. However this institution has no power as Saudi Arabia is ruled by a monarchy with absolute power.

The state’s controversial ban on female drivers last came under attack in September after Shaima Jastaniya was sentenced to 10 lashes just days after Saudi King Abdullah granted women the right to vote. The punishment was overturned after international and domestic pressure.

Saudi Arabia is currently considering a law for women to cover up their eyes if they are deemed too "tempting."

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12:59 on 11/01/2012
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15:13 on 02/01/2012
This reasoning doesn't even pass the 'laugh test'. When are these folks going to pull their collective head out of their asses and at least try to think up a mildly credible excuse for the oppression of women ?
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08:53 on 23/12/2011
The Tea-party strikes again!
13:46 on 10/12/2011
So... he seems to be saying that Saudi women are way sluttier than other women, since other countries where women have been driving for longer than 10 years still have some virgins. Isn't that what he's saying?

Or maybe he just thinks Saudi men are so irresistible that all women exposed to them will go HOG WILD. Like that woman in the coffee shop. You know, the one who was asking for a refill when he decided she was trying to get with him.
05:40 on 09/12/2011
Saudi men want their women pure but with 4 wives each, there aren't that many single women left.
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jdollinter
18:00 on 07/12/2011
Young Muslim women should ban together and beat the hell out of every white female they see behind the wheel of a car.If arrested they can claim they're unused to wine and the liberal court system will let them off with a slap on the wrist.
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emmaziff
The Sexpert!
11:11 on 06/12/2011
Huh? Now that's some shady research. And Professor (term I use loosely), much ego?! Are these men really so threatened by women?
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emmaziff
The Sexpert!
10:35 on 06/12/2011
Huh? That's some shady research. I just laugh at such a ridiculous theory. Oh, and Professor (term used loosely), much ego!! Are these men really so threatened by women?!
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23:56 on 05/12/2011
You are all EFFING CRAZY. Keep back away from me.
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16:22 on 05/12/2011
Maybe these fearful Saudi men should concentrate on teaching men better manners instead of refusing the other sex basic rights to travel.
16:20 on 05/12/2011
LOL!!! They should ban women then period.
14:18 on 05/12/2011
Professor Subhi described sitting in a coffee shop in an unnamed Arab state where “all the women were looking at me“.

“One made a gesture that made it clear that she was available,” he said. “This is what happens when women are allowed to drive.”

The professor needs to inform himself on the meaning of the gesture known in the west as "giving the finger".
13:58 on 05/12/2011
Women can loose their virginity by driving??!?! Holy Smokes! Exactly what are they doing in there????
Husband: I don't know what it is, but our new baby looks suspiciously like my BMW!!!
23:40 on 06/12/2011
Well, new Citroens's do come with a vibrating seat option which you set off by driving on the hard shoulder... ;)
12:34 on 05/12/2011
Bottom line: It would give women more freedom and men less control over them. And they certainly cannot have that, can they?
09:54 on 05/12/2011
Well, that's what has happened here.