Saudi Arabia: Why Are Many Women Choosing the Single Life?
February 11, 2007
Theories of why many Saudi women are choosing to postpone marriage include fear of divorce, exposure to Western viewpoints, higher levels of education for women, selfishness (hers and his), abusive family history and meddling family members.
Another theory is that some Saudi women DO want to get married — just not to Saudi men. One woman claims: “Saudi men tend to be unaffectionate, fickle and just plain selfish.”
Sarah Abdullah (Arab News)
Recent studies have shown that the Saudi divorce rate is on the rise. According to a study cited last year in Asharq Al-Awsat, a sister publication of Arab News, 33 divorces occur every day. Eastern Province registers about 60 divorces each day. Riyadh registers 50 cases a day, followed by Hail (34), Jeddah (33), and Tabuk (29). Such statistics naturally encourage Saudi women to hold off on nuptials or even to put them on hold indefinitely…
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