With Charlie Hebdo in the news as a stalwart of freedom, maybe it can be
helpful to look at what cartoonists in the US had to suffer in the
past. When "sneaky" cartoonists in Hollywood began to organize for fair
pay and contracts, one thing management did to discourage this was talk
about their workplace as a unique paradise. They were their buddies, not
the no-good Commies who wanted to
destroy the "family atmosphere" where they "felt themselves the aristocracy of their profession, with Uncle Walt the
benevolent master over all."
Any benefits required gratitude to the boss "for plowing profits back
into upgrading the studio's working conditions and paying for drawing
teachers" -- and if you didn't like it, he would snitch on you to the
government, and the army too.
Feminism in Saudi Arabia,
according to the leading activist Wajeha al-Huwaider is not making much headway for this same, simple propaganda tactic.
Many people are brainwashed to believe ours is a “special”
society—that’s why we have laws that are un-Islamic but accepted, like
preventing women from driving. However, thanks to the Internet, young
women and men have a place to express themselves and develop their
individuality. They’re more open-minded than their elders, and that will
shape Saudi society in the future.
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