here<\/a>.<\/p>\nInterestingly enough, both stories\u2019 headlines have serious warning tones: \u201cSaudi woman defies driving ban and dies\u201d and \u201cYoung Saudi woman drives to death.\u201d As if the cause of her death was driving<\/span> instead of her car flipping over and crashing\u2026<\/p>\nThese headlines serve only reinforce the stupid idea that women shouldn\u2019t be driving: \u201cSEE! Women shouldn\u2019t drive because when they do, they DIE!\u201d Fearmongering at its best.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A woman in Saudi Arabia defied the driving ban, but while doing so, lost control of her car and died in the accident. Another story here. Interestingly enough, both stories\u2019 headlines have serious warning tones: \u201cSaudi woman defies driving ban and dies\u201d and \u201cYoung Saudi woman drives to death.\u201d As if the cause of her […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":411,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n
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