Saudi report claims women at wheel will have sex

Rights activist Waleed Abu Alkhair said today that the document by a well-known academic was sent to the all-male Shura Council,which advises the monarchy. The report by Kamal Subhi claims that allowing women to drive will threaten the country’s traditions of virgin brides,he said.

Saudi women have staged several protests defying the driving ban. The king has already promised some reforms,including allowing women to vote in municipal elections in 2015.