The liberal Allah must have poked his nose above the magic carpet.

When I lived on the ARAMCO compound in Dhahran, women were allowed to drive. But if they were in an accident with a male driver, the woman was automatically at fault. Circumstances did not matter. Therefore, very few women drove.

from a male "guardian", just as they do for everything else.

I thought, "Well, those magnanimous motherfuckers!"