Prof. Goodwin Writes on Beating Women Drivers in Saudi Arabia

Professor Michele Goodwin wrote an article for the Chronicle of Higher Education's Brainstorm blog on the controversial issue of corporeal punishment to penalize women drivers in Saudi Arabia, a nation that forbids women to drive. Goodwin's article relates to a woman recently being sentenced to receive ten lashes for violating the ban on women driving. Goodwin writes, "In Saudi Arabia, a country eager to transform its public image, especially among academics, it's time to abandon the whip and promote the full inclusion of women in every aspect of government leadership and participation." Goodwin suggests that "for Western universities, the flogging of women for being raped or driving should be reason enough to reconsider their roles in building campuses for the King."