This letter is in response to Dale McFeatters’ July 1 op-ed article, “Saudi Arabia faces a revolution ― women driving.”
For the last couple of years, I have been hearing a lot of news regarding women striving for their rights. Recently, Saudi Arabian women’s voices are being heard via Facebook and YouTube, claiming the equal rights as men to drive.
I thought that despite the government’s fear of “unstable” social structure and suppression, Saudi women should keep moving on to the next step. Now it is only about driving but later on, it will be about their stuffy clothing, jobs, marriage and more.
This new trend may spread throughout the world. Who knows if we will be able to see North Korean women working for a multinational company within a few decades? Women are beautiful in a way that they are themselves, not known as someone’s wife, mother or a daughter, but as individuals with equal rights that men have for themselves.
The time has long past for men in Saudi Arabia, India and many other countries to accept the fact that with today’s technology, everyone can be themselves and everyone can be heard. And embracing the change and realizing that they not only have to catch up with the latest technologies but also with its impact on the society is the key to their further development.
Lee Jung-min
High school student
Cheonan City, South Chungcheong Province
High school student
Cheonan City, South Chungcheong Province
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