Saudi mother responds to sexist question in daughter's textbook, goes viral

It doesn't take a lot to notice that sexism is alive and well in the Arab world. 

However, in recent years, the region's women have bravely been standing up to it. They include Rasha Al Duwaisi, a Saudi mother, who is going viral for hitting back at it in her own unique way earlier this week. 

Al Duwaisi was helping her daughter Layla with homework when she came across a question asking students to list jobs that are only limited to males in the kingdom. 

Her response to that? Pretty epic. 

In the space under the sexist question, Al Duwaisi wrote: 

"What are we going to learn when we answer these questions. I teach my daughter that there is no difference between her and her brother and that all professions are open to both genders. So excuse me, I will not allow you to limit her ambitions with this kind of rhetoric. My regards, Layla's mom."

The brilliant Saudi woman then took pictures of the text book and her answer, uploaded them to Twitter, and went completely viral. 

"My daughter's homework, she's in third grade... and that's all." 

Al Duwaisi's post led to a heated debate on Twitter, with many attacking her over it, saying there are several jobs considered "unfit" for women and claiming this invalidates the points she made. 

However, she wasn't about to let haters get away with their comments, and perfectly hit back. 

"Are there female municipality workers? Are there women who work in mines? In extracting petrol? Construction? Plumbing? You're basically just speaking nonsense." 

"God help your daughter."

"Just to note, I am divorced and I have custody of my children, I am the one who fully provides for them. Am I equal to a man now or what?" 

"People's comments reminded me of this book. I personally think it's one of the best books I've come across that tackles the issue of gender inequality. I wish that those who read it will enjoy what it offers." 

"The comments you wrote on your daughter's textbook are one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen in my life. Thank you for giving us hope." 

"Good that you did this, let them change their hopeless curriculums which are fueling extremist ideologies. It's OK for an entire generation to be raised on racism and close-mindedness but it's the end of the world when a photo of an alien sitting next to a king goes viral!!!!" 

"If every mother raised her kids based on this, we wouldn't have come across so many sick people in the comments under this post." 

"If you read the reactions to this, you'll understand why Arabs are still lagging behind in this world." 

"When I become a mother."