Sakuntala Narasimhan

Would a law legalising payment for housewives result in 'ghetto-ising' women as homemakers, and chip away at the kind of equity that feminists believe in, where both men and women are seen as 'individuals' with equal rights?

My first reaction is to refuse to go - I will not visit Saudi Arabia if I am required to wear a 'burkha' (veil), when my husband need not observe any Islamic dress codes.