Misguided Outrage

Bayan Perazzo comments on the uproar over the story of Saudi women allegedly being monitored by SMS:

Though the media was right to be outraged, it was mistaken to direct it at the e-tracking system. The real problem is that the guardianship system – which essentially robs women of their basic human rights – still exists in Saudi Arabia today. Human Rights Watch released an in-depth report about the guardianship system in early 2008, urging the country to end the practice and stating that “the Saudi government has sacrificed basic human rights to maintain male control over women.”