Saudi Women Facing Resistance After Ban On Driving Lifted:\u00a0Saudi women celebrated taking the wheel for the first time this week in a much-awaited rite of passage, but one essential issue still bothering them that is the attitude of men. Social media is packed with videos of women behind the wheel and men in the passenger seat, a role reversal that was unimaginable in the conservative petro state until a royal decree last September ended a decades-long women driving ban.<\/p>\n
The driving reform has been widely hailed by young Saudis and no overt incidents of harassment were publicly reported in the first two days since the ban was lifted, but many are distrustful of aggression from male drivers despite warnings from authorities.<\/p>\n
\u201cI advise men to stay home to avoid being killed by women drivers!\u201d said one Saudi Twitter user, echoing a torrent of similar comments predicting a surge of accidents because of female motorists.<\/p>\n