Key point: women in Saudi Arabia are subject to male guardians who control whether they are allowed to "travel, work or study abroad, receive hospital treatment

Key point: women in Saudi Arabia are subject to male guardians who control whether they are allowed to "travel, work or study abroad, receive hospital treatment or an ID card, or even leave prison once a sentence is served." Iman, a hospital administrator, has her 17-year-old brother for a guardian. He pockets her earnings and spends them on drugs and massage parlors. When she hears other women say that their brothers don’t beat them, Iman assumes they are lying “because they are scared of social housing [a jail-like place where women can seek refuge from domestic violence]”. <whoa>