One of the Saudi clerics has stated that women are not allowed to drive cars because it damages their ovaries. Hmm. I can't see him being nominated as spokesperson again. It's akin to how we explain some things to our children - as also expounded in a Guardian piece today. I wonder if he really does think that - maybe his boss told him that when asked why women are not allowed to drive. I remember being a bit worried about my bus journeys to school having the ability to damage my testicles (I guess it was fertility thing, but 'testicles' is easier for a 12 year old to understand). It was to do with regular journeys on bone-shaker of a bus, but it didn't stop me fathering 3 children. That's not why I am ridiculing the ovaries story though.
Lets hope they think up some other innovative original reasons for e.g. wearing a burka - so they can breastfeed, for instance. That was my made-up reason by the way.
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