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Male Guardianship

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Introduction
This essay is aimed to define the male guardianship system in Saudi Arabia and to analyze and evaluate its origin, main reasons and characteristics from scientific perspective. In addition, this paper will examine how male guardianship affects women’s freedom and how this issue is discussed in female scholarship. Also, this research will analyze the females’ response to this issue and demonstrate how Saudi women are trying to stop it through petitions, social media outbursts, rebellions, etc. Finally, this essay will examine the government’s response to the issue in Saudi Arabia.
Current study is based on the range of the following academic qualitative methods that contribute to achieving the objectives and goals of this research: …show more content…

In the 21st century, the time of opportunities, women in the global community should have equal rights in terms of education, travelling, professional opportunities, healthcare and other activities which most of the world regards as fundamental human rights. Current study is important, as it contributes to the general research of male guardianship system and gives the possibility to academics, governmental and non-governmental authorities and institutions to understand this problem better and to find the possible solutions to it, making sound decisions in terms of personal and professional life of women in the …show more content…

In particular, the male guardians from the wealthier families are more open to women travelling and working, while the families of lower socio-economic status are usually more conservative and traditionally oriented. This situation can be explained by the fact that the wealthier families are usually more educated, more open to change and are more eager to pay for various services, while less wealthy families in their turn are less educated and less open for the new progressive wishes of their female relatives. In other words, the higher the person goes up the social ladder the easier and more equal and democratic life she has and vice versa, the lower social status the person has, the more difficult and complicate her life is in terms of even basic human

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