WaaaWaaa, Poor little Rich Prince Cries Over...

BAD PRESS !

Saudi Prince Whines That His Country's Punishment of Rape Victim Gets
Bad Press

Posted by Lucinda Marshall, Feminist Peace Network at 12:00 PM on
November 28, 2007.

This post, written by Lucinda Marshall, originally appeared on
Feminist Peace Network

While Saudi Prince Saud al-Faisal has issued a statement saying that
the sentencing of the woman who was gang raped will be reviewed, it is
clear that he still doesn't get it,

"What is outraging about this case is that it is being used
against the Saudi government and people," he said without
elaborating."

Well allow me to elaborate. What is outrageous is a country that so
severely restricts women's rights and punishes them for being the
victim. Could go on and on here, but the subject has already been
addressed quite thoroughly in the last few weeks.

I have written about this several times now and have gotten a number
of responses to the effect that why aren't feminists saying anything,
feminists should take the lead, yada yada.

First of all, feminists all over the globe are speaking out, a simple
search will bear that out. But WTF-why the presumption that feminists
should lead the charge. Isn't misogynist violence something that all
of us should be outraged about? Just because the victim of a human
rights violation is a woman means that it is solely a feminist
responsibility to speak out?

Second disturbing response, and this took place primarily over at
Alternet when they reposted one of my blog entries-the comments are
almost entirely about oil and whether or not Islam is a terrible
religion-the misogyny is simply dismissed as incidental. This is
something I have seen over and over again on topics such as this,
where the violence against women is invisibilized and dismissed as not
being the 'real' issue. And every time it happens, that violence is
once again enabled by psuedo-liberals who are waiting for feminists to
take the lead...

For those of you who have asked what can you do-write your elected
officials, call the White House, and also see this post at WLUML for
addresses of Saudi officials.

Tagged as: criminal justice, women, rape, saudi arabia

Lucinda Marshall is a feminist artist, writer and activist. She is the
Founder of the Feminist Peace Network.
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