Sex and gender in Saudi Arabia part 4 (The system)

Good day my dear reader, i hope you are doing well

Perhaps the most dangerous myth regarding gender in Saudi Arabia is that Saudi Arabia is a misogynistic society.Yes it is a society that denies many women many basic human rights *and denies men many basic rights as well*.The reason i call this a dangerous myth is because you Will have absolutely zero credibility among Saudi Arabian women if you actually say that to them.Most Saudi Arabian women would fiercely defend the Islamic system as much as men do if not even more so. Even in the western world Muslim women would shout slogans such as “my hijab is my shield”, and “i’m a proud Muslim women” or even complete fallacies such as “Mohammed was not a misogynist” .If that is in the western world where there is a high level of freedom and intellectual resources how do you expect Muslim women in Saudi Arabia the heart of the Islamic world to react if this claim was posted.The crushing majority of women there would call it completely absurd.

Allow me to share a story, My mother was an Anti-women driving advocate while i was the opposite.When i asked her for her reasoning she replied “In society, people are defined by responsibilities and not by roles as you think it is a women knows her responsibilities as a man does.If she goes on to the men’s domain, men will naturally demand to abandon their responsibilities to work and gain skills to benefit women.No man on earth can be a better mother to a child than a women, no man on earth can be more protective of their child than their mother if more women abandon that for their own selfish ambitions then men will abandon their responsibilities for their own selfish ambitions as well and the result is a selfish society where men are worthless and women are sex objects and family the most important thing for social structure is destroyed”.Dear reader you may disagree completely with my mother’s statement but that statement should tell us something important about how Saudi Arabian women view gender.It is not a matter of roles at all it is a matter of what each gender considers to be beneficial to their system and to the collective as a whole.

For both Saudi Arabian men and women protecting the system is more important than anything.It is not at all a matter of *men controlling women* but how each gender manipulates the other and work together to destroy those who seek to change it men or women alike.When i was younger i used to read brochures from Muslim women given to other women and allow me to quote a few things that you will find extremely fascinating.”Women in the western world are much like flowers, beautiful and pretty but are begging to be picked by those unworthy of her before being thrown to the side walk.A Muslim women is like a pearl protected and well preserved only to be taken by those who are worthy of her and are willing to serve her” another quote “It is not a secret, Men are sexually hungry and sex is the one thing they always want, it is also not a secret that you as a women are valuable by nature the mere fact that Allah chose you to be a women makes you by default have something all men will take time energy and money for. isn’t that why Allah demanded men to work and serve you? isn’t that why they have to pay for your dowry? and why you keep all of your earned money(which is true in Islam working women have the right to keep all their money and are not responsible for paying for the household) so never ever give your sex to anyone but the faithful and those who fear Allah and take care of you because in the end Allah made men to serve you”.One last quote “Some women foolishly think that liberation will make women happier but that is silly nothing makes a women happier than knowing that she is a women and is fulfilling her part in society as a women. Trying to be “as good as or better” than men is a attempt at telling women that they should be ashamed of being who they are on a fundamental level and that they need to compete with men instead of taking pride in the fact that they are women and are completely different”.

I think the point is pretty much clear here with them,so what can we do? remember what i said before? the Saudi Arabian society is built around eliminating dissent.There are women who wish who can take responsibilities and challenges other than the classic responsibilities given to them and there are men who wish to be rid and relieved of the unfair burdens given upon them against their will by this social structure and both are small minorities hated by the majority and are socially rejected and worse any attempt for such groups to meet or discuss or even form support for each other are harmed by oppressive gender separation that makes contact between such like minded people difficult and not to mention the huge social shaming that will be involved by both genders. 

As i have stated before the crushing majority of Malls and theme parks in the capital of Riyadh are “women only” or “family only” being a single male makes you dangerous to the social structure and useless to it.Being a single male means you will receive a lot of discrimination in public markets and makes you by default a suspect by the religious police especially if you try making rebellious statements.In the Saudi Arabian world ,men are pigs if they are not faithful..women are sluts if they are not faithful,in a short statement.

Another delusion is thinking that talking to the Saudi Arabian government is going to change anything.The reason i call it a delusion is because as powerful the Saudi Arabian government is, they are not as powerful as the public order or how the people chose to organize themselves.The royal family does not care if women are allowed to drive or not or have basic rights or not.What they care about is not to do something that would make the public angry at them.The Saudi Arabian people of both genders are proud of their traditions and hold them in high regards.So efforts on part of dissenters of both genders to have their right to reject social organization acknowledged regardless of how they view the other gender if any progress is to be made.Claiming that one gender suffers more and playing the childish *i’m a victim” game, Creates a harmful distortion that causes the very few dissenters to fall into fragmentation and disarray , if that happens the Muslims will feel vindicated and all hope for progress would be lost.

Lastly one last story i wish to share, i was sitting playing with my playstation when my younger sister came to me asking me to take her to the mall.I said “no i don’t want to take you to the mall again i already took you there 2 days ago i can’t stand there for more than 5 hours doing absolutely nothing but watch you shop” she responded “you are not a real man are you?”..i felt insulted and asked her “so a real man to you is someone who does whatever you ask?” she responded “yes! that’s a man’s job”..despite the insult i took her and drove her to the mall because that’s what “real” men and women do follow the system even at their own expense.

Wa Asalam alikum

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Sex and gender in Saudi Arabia part 3 (the most convoluted marriage system)

Good day my dear reader whoever you are,

In my last post you have seen about how desperation can transform heterosexuality into a form of homosexual desperation.Now i would discuss the path of those who chose to get married.Most countries follow one of two basic models for marriage , free marriage and organized marriage.Free marriage means looking for your lifetime partner through dates,communication or social links it is  tricky and challenging but both sides get to know their options and deal with the choices they make. Organized marriage is when the social structure demands specific people to marry specific others for social gain it is a form of social organization its denies people freedom but at least gives them a reasonable guarantee of being with someone,Saudi Arabia has the worst of both worlds.

As i have discussed before communication with the other gender are limited and minimal.So how on earth can a person find a prospective wife or husband?.Simple, family recommendations are the first method female family members begin giving the the prospect their opinions and recommendation Of course the husband does not know what his wife looks like *except if he was lucky and his sister took a sneak picture to show him* and almost nothing about her true personality other than the recommendation given by her mother and his.Seems almost like organized marriage right? no it does not end there.The bride has the complete right to reject the husband if she deemed him unfit for her or if she did not like him.While at first this may seem completely reasonable it has one major problem, the guy CANNOT find a way to persuade her or prove to her that he is a good husband because he cannot communicate with her personally.The lady on the other hand cannot also know the prospect’s personality because she cannot talk to him either without her father or brother thus creating a horrible environment of brown nosing and dishonesty by both sides due to lack of personal compatibility .This creates a situation where the husband must conform to social norms to demonstrate his goodness and quality and any person who deviates from social norms is instantly considered dangerous and thus removed from possibility of marriage and having children who may grow to have similar opinions.To ensure this the fact that a women may not marry without her parents’s approval adds more to the complexity of the situation.

If you grew within a religious society it is common for you to see people associate religiosity with goodness.So of course the religious get more favoritism with choices and parents begin pushing their daughters to marry such individuals for both religious power, prestige and social respect.But the process of getting married in Saudi Arabia is extremely tedious and costly .I always joke about it calling it the “the Saudi version of american collage student loans”.First you have to pay the bride the dowry * a set amount of money that ranges from 20000$ to above 70000$* that money is entirely and exclusively for the bride alone no one else has right to it. second comes the gold the groom has to buy for his soon to be mother in law, and that depends on how much she is willing to accept from the groom.During the time they couple become fiances where they may talk to each other for a small time to get to know each other a little more forget the small dinner and dancing wine and dine dates here we are talking about gold and platinum sets of decorations for gifts and even with that the time they have for each other is extremely limited as well then comes the wedding palace.Yes you read that right a wedding palace is a big place that the marriage celebration will take place.Allow me to share examples:
Rose wedding palace:exterior http://www.txt-txt.biz/txt/wh_49433451.jpg male interior: http://www.txt-txt.biz/txt/wh_76911033.jpg and the female interior is even fancier than that i assure you.This is an *middle class-upper middle class* wedding palace
another middle class wedding palace exterior :http://sa.jeeran.com/images/preview/440×440/placesLogos/53/darrat-al-layaly-riyadh-4136782653.jpg.jpg interior:http://www.dohaup.com/up/2010-05-28/admin1279044709.jpg each of these would cost you at least around the 8000$-12000 for one night not including of course the food and entertainment and the fancy car that you must rent to take your bride away at the end of the night which are all the groom’s expense.

But men cannot reject social norms to do so makes you a shame target and makes others look down on you.In the Saudi Society shame is a horrifyingly powerful weapon to control people’e behavior and remember the goal of such a society is to destroy dissent to the Saudi society as i explained many times before dissent is the worst nightmare to their cohesion.To be fair this one is not Islam’s fault at least not directly, it is a pride based affair.Not making a wedding the greatest day of your wife’s life makes everyone *men and women* look down on you and disrespect you.How Islam comes to this is simply a matter of constructing society in a way to rejects opposing opinions and points of view thus creating an ultra-conservative environment that rejects anything that deviates from social norms and exterminates it and encouraging behavior that only limits a person’s communication with the other gender.

In my next post i will talk extensively about something nobody has ever talked about in regards to Saudi Arabia.
the advantage,how the few men who reject conforming are punished for rejecting the system and how the few females are denied the opportunity for individuality and self accomplishment and how the crushing majority of men AND women actually support and defend the system.

Till then

Wa asalam alikum

 

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Sex and gender in Saudi Arabia part 2 (desperation)

Good day my dear reader whoever you are,

Do excuse me if i merely focus on homosexuality in Saudi Arabia on this post it has been a rather busy week for me and the time i have for writing currently is slim but i will continue to write daily to the best of my ability.As i explained in my former post despite the aggressive separation of genders in Saudi Arabia sexual desires never really vanish or even weaken. The brain will begin to crave the second best thing other men who tend to look pretty or more “feminine”.Saudi Arabia and Islam have strict definitions of gender as Mohammed stated “Allah damn men who  try to look like women and women who try to look like men” Hadith Saheh But the desperation is never truly stopped.As early as middle school children begin to explore their sexuality and terms created such as *Hilu* or “sweet looking boy” or “he is my boy” to determine that one particular boy is their target for seduction.

It is not a secret that the punishment for Homosexual behavior is death in Saudi Arabia but even that does not deter those youth from such acts.As long as everybody keeps it a secret nobody gets hurt and everybody gets what they want the “sweet looking boy” tends to usually be of fair skin with more beauty enhanced features with less facial hair the younger the better.He gets rewards such as respect and admiration and the support and defense of those who “want” him.This secret net work for boyfriend/boyfriend remains throughout middle school and high school and everyone in Saudi Arabia is in serious denial about it.I remember the story about two of my coworkers who were so upset at the claims of the show “Thick Red Line” which talks about controversial issues regarding this issue and they viciously deny that homosexuality is a serious affair with the Saudi youth Even when Ironically just 3 weeks ago before the show talked about the episode they invited me to have sex with a Syrian young man they seduced.The level of self delusion those people can have is horrifying.

As people get older and began to reach their mid 20s they begin to take one of three routes.They begin to take regular trips to Bahrain for prostitution, i may talk about Bahrain later regarding this affair.The other group find marriage as soon as possible and risk taking a huge financial disadvantage that would harm their wealth or the minority become true boy lovers seeking more sexual intimacy in secret with other young men the younger the better seducing them with promises of excitement thrill and adventure.As for true Homosexuals It is hard for them to even exist let alone be acknowledged and tend to end up with the third group as they grow older. 

As i have explained before it is not the problem that people predictably began to seek sexual alternatives when healthy sexual conduct is banned and criminalized.The real problem come from the level of self delusion of even admitting that there is a problem. For most of society it is *say its bad and shut up* most effectively.But those who do not understand sex or sexuality or those who wish to manipulate sex and sexuality for their benefit,are threatened with it.Thus try to use both social shame and social manipulation of both culture and religion to not honestly discuss the issue and find out its true source.Religious Repression of basic human instincts.

In the next post as i promised i will discuss marriage and how it works.

Wa Asalam Alikum 

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Sex and Gender life in Saudi Arabia part 1 (Separation)

Good day my dear reader whoever you are,

As i explain yesterday sexual repression is a big weapon of the Islamic force but so is sexual enforcement and strong gender roles.To understand how sexual contact works in Saudi Arabia we need to understand its fundamental laws.In Saudi Arabia men and women must be completely and totally separate in almost all regards , socially and politically even on family levels adult males are not even allowed to see their own cousins and communications with the other gender must be at absolute minimum.Women must be covered from head to toe following the Quran “O Prophet, tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to bring down over themselves of their outer garments. That is more suitable that they will be known and not be abused. And ever is Allah Forgiving and Merciful ” Surah al-Ahzab 33:59 .Most interpretations of the verse demand full covering of the body.

The separation of the two genders is necessary because women in Islam are *Owrah* or (visually sexual).So yes Muslim women need to protect themselves from the evil predatory eyes of men.Many women wear their Hijabs with pride as their own shield.The Islamic system demands a strong tension between the two genders and antagonizing their natural desires.The men worthy of marriage are those most faithful and most religious (or most wealthy)encouraging more religious upbringing and eliminating troubling people from the gene pool and the family structure all together but it takes a lot more than religious oppression to stop human instinct and sexual desires continue to flame many interactions though in surprising directions , especially in the homosexual front which i will explain in detail on the next post or their escape to Bahrain which i will explain in detail in another post.

Because of this mandate of separation, Women in Saudi Arabia have their own malls and their own theme parks that are entirely women only,since women are apparently genetically predisposed to love shopping many malls are women only and many are family only, single men not allowed nor welcome and in open markets where people can mix the religious police walk the streets looking for any misconduct. Chat and small talk to a women is considered a form of misconduct.So is marriage entirely organized? No. marriage in Saudi arabia is perhaps one of the most complicated affairs that attempt to fix the obvious problems caused by separation. Controlling  sexual conduct is necessary in the Muslim world, Islam long knew that women are naturally valuable and that the reproduction conduct must be under its complete control to suit its goals.After all, Mohammed did marry 13 wives after all (even when ironically demanding that other believers only marry up to 4) but let me tell you if you think marrying even 1 women in Saudi Arabia is easy you are SORELY mistaken.

In my next post i will explain how sexual repression in Saudi Arabia transforms to homosexuality and how marriage works and you will see what i mean.

Till then

Wa Asalam alikum  و السلام عليكم

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The boy who wanted to enslave western women (a story from Saudi Arabia)

Good day my dear reader whoever you are,

First i’d like to apologies for failing to update the the last few days, let us say i had personal difficulties. that prevented me from updating this blog but hopefully i shall continue with a set of small stories and experiences i had when i was back in Saudi Arabia.

Today i’m about to share with you a story i had when i was back in Saudi Arabia,the reason i wish to share this kind of story is simply to show you the drastic effect a combination of sexual deprivation and religious insanity can do to an individual.It starts with our neighbors.I rarely talk to our neighbors they were pretty much a normal family with strong ties to their original nomadic culture,but every once in a while i would hang out with them and talk about many things youth normally talk about.Well if you haven’t guessed already it was women, it is not a secret no matter where you are unless you are not a heterosexual you will think and talk about women even in the most sexually oppressive environments.

If you are thinking that only women are sexually oppressed in Saudi Arabia you are sorely mistaken.Men in Saudi Arabia are not even allowed to talk to women unless in serious business only and they must keep conversations to an absolute minimum. Perhaps i should write about this next post but for now back to the story.One day i was sitting with one of my neighbor’s kids he was 17 i was 19 at the time we were talking about women as usual then suddenly the topic shifted to jihad.The boy excitingly claimed “if i ever had the chance i will join the Jihad against america and Israel,With Allah’s might we will win and regardless if i die i will get the Horis (the wide eyed maidens) if i remain i will get their beautiful white women enslaved”.Something about that statement made me extremely uncomfortable so i asked him.”wait, you want to join a jihad just to get laid??”.He responded “No, it is just happens to be a plus Allah did promise those who fight for him to be granted maidens and the Islamic Fotohat (Conquests) did enslave the women of their enemies after all since by law Muslim warriors were not allowed to kill women”.I could not refute the kid, he was right the Islamic invasions did enslave the women of their enemies perhaps the battle of banu quriza was the best example of that.

It is interesting how sexual deprivation can drive a man to sheer insanity.A man’s greatest dream is to be surrounded by women after all it is a proof of his biological fitness and being denied from it drives some men to more aggressive behavior out of sheer desperation.Islam has found a sickening way to utilize this basic human instinct to its advantage by creating an environment that makes sexual contact extremely difficult without a lot of red tape some men who are less fit for marriage or do not have the resources for marriage quickly fall into religious movements in hopes of repressing their sexual desires and not fall into desperate homosexuality.In reality they are trained to be lethal weapons biological time bombs wooed with the promise of sexual contact.Muslim Mujaheddin and radicals love using this mechanic to add recruits to their cause.It was never really about fighting for their god as much as it is fighting for their basic human desire of sexual contact.

In my next post i will talk extensively about sexual life in Saudi Arabia get ready because that will contain many posts on its own.

Wa aslam alikum و السلام عليكم

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