Ajuy@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 hours agoWoman in Saudi Arabia sentenced to 100 lashes for giving birth outside marriagewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up179arrow-down12
arrow-up177arrow-down1external-linkWoman in Saudi Arabia sentenced to 100 lashes for giving birth outside marriagewww.theguardian.comAjuy@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 hours agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squareMintyFresh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down1·2 hours agoI don’t think you’re “getting” patriarchal medieval systems of “governance”
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down2·1 hour agoBoth sides get the same number of lashes in Islamic law, so that’s not what’s going on here.
minus-squareSharkticon@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·49 minutes agoWell note they said patriarchal and medieval not Islamic.
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·30 minutes agoContext is Saudi Arabia.
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·25 minutes agoSure but while Saudi Arabia can get weird sometimes (see: that one time they banned women from driving for God knows what reason) for the most part they’re pretty orthodox about this stuff.
I don’t think you’re “getting” patriarchal medieval systems of “governance”
Both sides get the same number of lashes in Islamic law, so that’s not what’s going on here.
Well note they said patriarchal and medieval not Islamic.
Context is Saudi Arabia.
Sure but while Saudi Arabia can get weird sometimes (see: that one time they banned women from driving for God knows what reason) for the most part they’re pretty orthodox about this stuff.