Symbolic Annihilation: Women's driving in Saudi Arabia
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Symbolic Annihilation: Women's driving in Saudi Arabia
Symbolic annihilation refers to the under representation of compressed group of society over the grounds of certain issues of social science such as sexual orientation preferences, political or ethnical concerns over the sphere of the concerns of social science, determining the social in equality.
It is observed primarily in context to the arguments of feminism, same sex marriages and religious grounds. Although, there are victims of symbolic annihilation in every country can be witnessed in context to ethnicity, political opinion and cultural biases. However, the concept of symbolic annihilation is perceived symbolically in context to feminism. The literary scholar considers it an influence of symbolic annihilation that compresses the ideologies of the role, rights and responsibilities of females in a society. The stereotypes can be illustrated with the example of the conduct of women in Saudi Arabia. The females of the country are restricted from basic right from a number dimensions under the cover of religion. It reserves their right to move freely in the society. The most obvious and recent example of the commencement is the conflict about women's driving in Saudi Arabia. The country has restricted the right of driving based on the conceptual ideology that allowing them to drive will allocate them unnecessary freedom. Even though, the obligation was protested in the country but the movement was restricted under the influence of symbolic annihilation. Constraints were implied by arresting the Saudi girls, who fought for their rights to drive and went out to drive. The reason for such annihilation in the country is the stereotypical norms prevailed in the country that does not allow the females to gain hold over their social life and role in the society.
