But they aren't pounding the pavement with their feet.
http://www.usatoday.com/...
Activists — inspired in part by the uprisings around the Arab world — have not appealed for mass protests in any specific sites. But they urged Saudi women to begin a growing mutiny against the driving restrictions that are supported by clerics backing austere interpretations of Islam and enforced by powerful morality squads.
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Web message boards set up on Twitter and other social media carried unconfirmed reports that some women also got behind the wheel in the eastern city of Dammam and elsewhere. Joffe-Walt said some Saudi men claimed they drove around dressed in the traditional black coverings for women in an attempt to confuse security forces.
This ban on women driving is not law in Saudi Arabia. It's not law in Islam, either, although fatwas have been issued. It's a peculiarly Saudi custom, enforced strongly by conservative clerics deathly afraid of what might happen if women were to do such daring things as expose their ankles in public or drive themselves to work. It must be painful to have to clutch so hard to vanishing traditions in a country where 58% of university students are women.
A comment on the situation, courtesy of HuffingtonPost member DLee4144:
Since these rules are based on the belief that the male half of the population is unable to control themselves when confronted with the sight of a woman, it seems illogical to lock up the half of the population that actually has good sense. Wouldn't it be more reasonable to confine men to their homes if they are unable to conduct themselves sanely.
To my knowledge, there has never been an opinion survey showing just how many people support the (unofficial) ban on female drivers. There are some women who support it and some men who do not. Beyond the genuine desire on the part of some to see the status of women improved, it also turns out that it's extremely inconvenient to have to be a constant chauffeur for your wives and daughters, or to have to hire a driver who may or may not be trustworthy himself. Who would have thought that systematically oppressing half the population might end up being one big hassle?