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Position Paper 3:

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Women In Saudi Arabia:  Here in America we as women are extremely blessed to have the rights and to feel some safety in our everyday lives. Other women in countries around the world are not nearly as lucky as us. For example I'll be discussing the women of Saudi Arabia, who have been a hot topic in the world of human rights. The picture above I got from a video created by the Human Rights Watch which shows 10 Reasons Why Saudi Women Flee which I have linked here. Saudi Arabia is located in Southwest Asia and is the largest country of Arabia. First I want to discuss Saudi Arabia's male guardianship system, which means a man controls a woman's life from birth to death. Which means their day to day lives are dictated by someone else every step they make is not their own. The thing that shocked me the most is that the man controlling the woman can be father, husband, brother, or even a son. A woman's daily routine can be dictated by her own son. Which blows my m...