Saudi woman drove... will now get 10 lashes

[Admiral Lithp]

Eating expands the chest
Getting punched in the back expands the chest
Stretching the triceps expands the chest
Running expands the chest
Leaning over to pick something up expands the chest
Lifting groceries expands the chest
Turning around too fast expands the chest
Sneezing expands the chest
Hiccuping expands the chest
Breathing expands the chest
Getting something from the top shelf expands the chest
Throwing a frisbee expands the chest
Having the heimlich maneuver performed on you expands the chest
Vomiting expands the chest
In fact, choking in the first place expands the chest
Changing your clothes expands the chest
Tripping expands the chest
Swallowing expands the chest
Reconstructive surgery expands the chest
So does heart surgery
Getting whipped expands the chest

Clearly, this is reason enough for any good woman not to do any of these things.

[brendanrizzo]

If you were to post that on Islamic Awakening, Lithp, I'm sure they would agree with you.

[Mlle Antéchrist]

I've heard arguments from fundamentalist Saudis stating that a woman driving will be so distracting to male drivers that it would lead to an increase in traffic accidents. If merely seeing a woman is distracting enough to cause a man to drive off the road in a fit of lust, perhaps he shouldn't be driving in the first place.

In fact, most of the arguments against women's rights in Saudi Arabia seem to end up painting men as a pack of hopelessly horny beasts, incapable of controlling themselves in the presence of women. And then they claim that women are the weaker vessel. Hmm.

(Not that men are the "weaker vessel", either; just noting the irony in the argument.)

[Iosa the Invincible]

It reminds me of a biographical comic made by a Muslim woman about the society she lived in (I think it was called "Socks" or something similar). Once, she was running to catch the bus, and the morality police in that town stopped her, telling her that she shouldn't run at all because it made her butt move inappropriately and would cause bad thoughts. Her response?

"Well then stop staring at my ass!"

She said they were so startled that they didn't even punish her, which is a good thing.