Saudi Arabia held its first fashion show featuring swimsuit models on Friday, an envelope-pushing step in a country where less than a decade ago women were..
To me, an atheist, commodification of women through these fashion shows is not a step towards women emancipation, and framing it as such like in this article is obvious catering to the West.
These shows are not about fashion or womens rights, they are done to establish political links between wealthy families, these are daughter auctions for the wealthy.
As someone with friends in Saudi Arabia, these reforms are not well received by the population. The only reason you don’t see anyone doing anything or saying anything against these reforms is the same reason you don’t see people protesting for Palestine: There is no free speech in SA. The government bans protests and has heavy surveillance in places like mosques, libraries, schools, and universities and public spaces in general.
I would like more info on the social reforms.
To me, an atheist, commodification of women through these fashion shows is not a step towards women emancipation, and framing it as such like in this article is obvious catering to the West.
These shows are not about fashion or womens rights, they are done to establish political links between wealthy families, these are daughter auctions for the wealthy.
As someone with friends in Saudi Arabia, these reforms are not well received by the population. The only reason you don’t see anyone doing anything or saying anything against these reforms is the same reason you don’t see people protesting for Palestine: There is no free speech in SA. The government bans protests and has heavy surveillance in places like mosques, libraries, schools, and universities and public spaces in general.
This is just west washing their crimes.
Agreed, tho i would phrase it as small concessions to appease the people from the west.
Putting myself on the shoes of an avg arab woman, i would feel insulted about this article.
Yeah it’s definitely insulting, especially after throwing Saudi women in jail for their own activism and feminism.