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Oh for sure.

They just recently were allowed to start driving.

They just recently were allowed to get a passport and travel freely without permission from male guardian.

Male guardian approval is required to seek an abortion.

Male guardian permission required to marry.

There is still much segregation and inequality.

Family laws skews towards males, as they become guardians.

Child custody also skews towards males.

It is quite distant from the freedoms women experience in the western world.

I won't even mention the treatment of migrant female workers.

Saudi government is bound to it by the law of Shariah. We muslims believe in it.

the treatment of migrant female workers

It's just some miscreant peoples. No need to blame the government. They are trying their best to fight it.

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