Women's rights have come a long way in America, but in Saudi Arabia women's rights are still being overlooked. Saudi Arabian women still face the challenges of having equal rights when it comes to politics, jobs, marriage and family, and even their clothing. Saudi Arabian women have a long way to go before they even come close to having the rights American women have.
             American women complain about not making as much as men in some professions, but yet only five to fifteen percent of Arabian women have jobs. Arabian women mainly work in professions where they serve other women. Such as teaching, nursing, or staffing women's banks or stores. With the economy today it is almost essential for women in the U.S. to work and help support their families. Arabian women are not even allowed to work if it interferes with their household duties. Separating males and females in the work place is encouraged, but not required.
             We American women have the right to date a guy; to fall in love. We have the right to choose our husbands. In Saudi Arabia men and women do not date, and marriage is arranged by their parents. Saudi men can legally marry four women giving his wives the right to agree to the other wives. Arabian women also keep their last name after marriage, but their activities are regulated by their families and religious law. All Saudi women are required to have a male guardian, such as a husband or father. All children born to a marriage legally belong to the father.
             In September of 2011 the women of Saudi Arabia was given the right to vote and run for office in municipal elections in 2015. To the women of Saudi Arabia this was a major step in equal rights. A history professor and one woman organized a campaign demanding the right to vote. Although political activists celebrated the change, they also cautioned how deep it would go and how fast. In his announcement, the king said that women would also be appointed to...