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Long forbidden, dating has arrived in the ultra-conservative Gulf kingdom with some Saudis meeting and marrying without the help of relatives. Well-heeled millennials meet via Tinder, Snapchat, Twitter and Instagram. The pair finally met in person in Egypt, where gender mixing is more accepted than in Saudi Arabia, long dominated by a puritanical form of Islam that has been challenged recently by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's push toward a more moderate interpretation of the religion. Because sex and romantic love remain highly controversial subjects in the kingdom, interviewees spoke to NBC News on condition of anonymity, and pseudonyms have been used. While there have been noticeable social changes recently, men and women who are not closely related still traditionally don't mix, and some avoid even looking at an unrelated person of the opposite sex. Girls and boys are educated separately, and workplaces that employ women are nominally segregated. So meeting, dating and getting married can be a treacherous obstacle course. Secrecy is the norm, particularly when it comes to sex.
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Yasser Jamal, who was also the head of the center for sex correction at King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah, said about 93 percent of the operations were performed during the childhood. He said the correction operations among adults were 7 percent, adding that the majority of the cases were women wanting to become men. Jamal said the sex correction operations were allowed under the Shariah but changing the sex based on personal whims was strictly prohibited. He regretted that there were no awareness programs about sex correction and said Saudi hospitals never carried out any sex change operation, which is not permissible under Islamic law. Jamal said people desire to change their sex are suffering from a sickness known as "gender hatred" or "loss of sex identity".
September 11, marked the birth of a new era. Although the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks undeniably played a role, this particular era has nothing to do with international politics, conflicts and terrorist actions. The pressure in the wake of September 11 forced the Saudi regime into promoting the modern, independent woman and also forced it to relax the restrictions on freedom of speech. In recent years, however, something new has happened: the subject has become the focus of the academic world. As a result of this new academic study, which draws on anthropology, sociology and gender studies, new areas are being exposed.