Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Saudi's proposed only women city

The catch phrase, ''No man's land" is not new to anybody; but this phrase is actually about to happen in real life if news from the Saudi authorities is anything to go by. The next big thing in Saudi Arabia is an all woman city. Yeah! No man at all. Not even the finest or richest of the menfolk would be allowed in this hallowed city of women.

Does it sound alluring? First thing that came to mind was, ''really, a city without men?'' We don't know, but why do we feel something is missing here? Sure, we've all at one time or the other imagined our planet without the opposite sex. Let's think of a world without women. Perhaps, Brad Pitt would be without Angelina Jolie, all men would be gay, we'd have to find some way to make new people as conception and pregnancy would be totally impossible, the tampon and plastic surgery industries would go out of business and our roads would be a lot safer....hahahaha! Maybe texting would also go down to a large extent and gadgets would cost twice as less as they do now. On the other hand though, most men will die of food poisoning and our houses will look like shanties.

Now, let's imagine what the all woman world would look like especially in regards to the proposed Saudi all woman city. We most certainly think such world would be devoid of laughter and humor. Guys are responsible for most of the humor in the world. Check out Rowan Atkinson, Chris Rock, David Lachapelle, to name a few. Wouldn't it be a little boring? We just think the world is pretty much fine with the variety that both genders bring. In the absence of men, will these women feel less need to look good and attractive? (Not that it matters in Saudi Arabia anyways). It just doesn't jell.

Yes, we understand it's Saudi Arabia and there's sharia and all that; but an all woman city!! We don't know for sure the reasons behind this proposal; probably to reduce the disparity between the male-female employment and create more job openings for women to enable them to have a more important role in the country's development, but still, a prospect of an all woman city leaves us all excited and wondering.

P.S.
 The blogger isn't against Islam or any other religion nor against the people and laws of Saudi Arabia. Issues are discussed based mainly on interaction and public opinion.

2 comments:

  1. Don't mean to insult anybody, but isn't it high time already to move on and stop taking women as a commodity, sending them to some kind of labor camp or locking them up like lepers somewhere where they won't be of any threat to men. However, such kind of isolation might result in uproar, when all women united (girl power!) will stand up at last and face the unfair the system. Let's hope the new city idea will bring this and not just increase in homosexuality.
    And, a note to the author, not only men can be funny!

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    1. Not only men can be funny, true, but the comedy industry says it all. The ratio of male to female comedians is funny..lol...Not trying to be sexist though.

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