Victoria DuBois, Chapter 13, Question #6

The passage in this chapter that stuck out to me was the subject of women power. Within the part of women power Wheelan starts by talking about Saudi Arabia and how when Bill Gates was talking technological progress with people there, most of the room was men while the rest were woman. The men and women were segregated and the women were wearing black cloaks and veils covering their faces. When asked if it was realistic for Saudi Arabia to say that they would be in the Top 10 countries in technology by 2010, he replied by saying "Well, if you're not fully utilizing half the talent in the country, you're not going to get close to the Top 10. Earlier in the passage Wheelan talks about two farmers having the same amount of land but the one farmer only uses half of it while the other farmer uses the land fully so obviously the second farmer is going to produce more. So I think it's interesting how Saudi Arabia wants to meet exstensive goals, but refuse to let the women help, and by doing that they're holding their country back.