Nina Burleigh laments the Saudis' refusal to allow women to participate in the Olympic games:
Women in the Kingdom are legally prohibited from breaking a sweat over anything more strenuous than wearing the burka in 120 degree desert heat. To exercise publicly is to risk being smacked with the sticks of the religious police, or worse. … Imagine, for a moment, a world where your daughter was not just discouraged from playing soccer or swimming or doing gymnastics but prohibited from running in public. Is there a nation in the world that would single out a male minority for similar treatment, and not face diplomatic complaints or sanctions?
(Photo: Tower Bridge opens as Giant Olympic rings pass through on The River Thames on February 28, 2012 in London, England. By Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images.)
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