Women are viewed as incompetent, weak, and unable to handle themselves. Saudi Arabia women are forced into marriages by their fathers, abused by their partners, and they also have to wear long robes that cause the heat to become sustained within their bodies. Women can only ride in cars with tinted windows, have to shop in women-only stores, can not have any personal identification (the laws are starting to bend on this idea), and they have to attend women-only schools. This separation from men can cause even the most confident women to doubt that they actually have a say or value within the Saudi Arabian society. Without the freedom to vote (back in the 1940s), and without the right to own property (they can in present time), women can start to feel abandoned by society as well as their own families as men tend to make the decisions of the household.

In Saudi Arabia, there are many different views on women's rights and how human rights should also coincide with sexual discrimination, but there is one thing in common. Women and Saudi Arabia are viewed technically as half of a male figure. This means the if two women in court try to testify against a male, one male has a high chance of beating out the women because of women's lack of self representation. In Saudi Arabia, from the early 1940s all the way up to present day, women are not allowed the basic necessities to carry out a "normal" life by the American standards. Women, much like in other countries, gradually are gaining more freedoms, but primitive ways of life are still extremely obvious as the males dominate domestic relationships and family life.

Domestic Life:

Now, women in Saudi Arabia are being fought for by the United States and some pro-women forces. Although the United States is looking into laws that can protect women from domestic violence, the United States has to keep friendly ties in order for the trade of oil to continue in a time where oil prices are skyrocketing. In Saudi Arabia, even though women have more rights now, like owning property and being able to vote, times are not always at their best. In 2006, a teenage girl was subject to rape and was then sentenced to 90 lashes by whip because she was unattended by a male family member while the rape happened. This just shows the intensity that the Saudi Arabian government feels to keep women under the stronghold of male family members.

Formal Attire:

The formal attire of a Saudi Arabian women has to be floor length in order to conceal the entire body of the women so that she does not look provocative. The face of the average Saudi Arabian women also has to be shielded in order to conceal her entire face, except her eyes. The outfit choice is extremely backed up by the Saudi Arabian government. If a woman's face was not concealed in public, she would have to endure serious punishment. For example, a few years ago a school within Saudi Arabia was burned to the ground. Inside the school were female students that were being educated that day. The mutawwa'in (Saudi Arabian police) forced the girls to run back into the burning school because their faces would have been revealed at the time of rescue. This caused deaths upon the students and the mutawwa'in and Saudi Arabian government had been severely scolded for these actions. This all started because men thought that it was to informal and provocative to not wear a facial covering even in the time of life and death for young girl students.

Job and Employment:

In September 2005, women were granted the right to work and earn pay. These jobs can range from jobs that including teaching all the way into high ranking positions within the government. Even though it may seem as if women are gaining more stable jobs, which can later pave the path for more rights including owning property with their fair earnings, women only make up about 29 percent of the working Arab forces within Saudi Arabia. As well as this, women also tend to be payed less because they are not expected to be able to afford land and is mostly around for supporting families anyway.

Saudi Arabia, although the country treats women unfairly, has the highest percentage of women that have obtained administrative positions. This total is about 31 percent of the women that hold power in the administration. The Saudi Arabian women have power over deciding education for even young male students, as well as female student, who are in fact gaining more rights in the case of education. This could be because if more women have to work within the higher ranked jobs, then they all have to be at least somewhat educated.

Immigrant women are also taking a huge tole on the employment rate as 426,000 women were employed in 2005 to the Saudi Arabian work force. This goes to show that even though times were hard and still are for women, they are slowly increasing the workforce percentage of women. Down the line, this could lead to more advantages and rights that the women pertain and use in their daily lives as times begin to get easier.

Women Help Forces:

Groups like the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) are starting to take a stand for women gaining equality. This just shows that new reforms are coming and that the times for struggles can come to an end ever since they began in the 1930s.

To continue on this, in 2008 the Committee of Social Protect began to enforce an awareness campaign to protect the rights of domestic wives and their helpless children. This can help spread awareness of the abuse that women face when they go into arranged marriages and their inability to seek help from the law. The abuse then can pass on to children that get in the way of the father's rage every once in a while. Crimes like these are now starting to be taken into account as people are trying to help women gain a voice against domestic hardships and abuse that starts right after the arranged marriages.