Put the phone down ladies, and don’t tweet, some men don’t like it. Source: AP
IN A country where women aren’t permitted to drive and need men’s permission to do pretty much most things, Twitter represented some freedom for Saudi girls.
So it might come as no surprise that some men in the Middle East kingdom were calling for women to be banned from here as well.
Thousands of Twitter users were pushing to move women off the social networking site with an Arabic hashtag which translates as “We don’t want girls on Twitter” over the weekend which was mentioned more than 400,000 times, the BBC reported.
But it seems girl power prevailed when thousands began tweeting jokes and pictures in response with even men joining in the fun.
One user posted a crying emoji face and the caption “Why? What have we done?”.
Another took a slightly different approach and posted a picture of a goat with the caption “This is the person who started the hashtag”.
#مانبي_بنات_في_تويتر هذا هو صاحب الهاشتاق pic.twitter.com/2tpz7Yc2lo
— اكيد فاهمني ~ (@Aked_F) January 24, 2015 So when some #SaudiMen said they don't want girls on Twitter..The girls responded: #مانبي_عيال_في_تويتر (we don't want men on twitter). ha!
— Maha Alfarra (@mahafarra) January 26, 2015 Some Saudi men said "We don't want girls on Twitter". Here's what Saudi women said back http://t.co/4lyg3rDB2h pic.twitter.com/6bBRi4O1a9
— BBC Trending (@BBCtrending) January 26, 2015 There was even an attempt to start an alternative hashtag, we don’t want men on Twitter but it failed to trend.
Hashtag "We don't want girls on Twitter" backfired on #Saudi men calling for Gender segregation on social media https://t.co/MPKZlsBTur
— SaadAbedine (@SaadAbedine) January 26, 2015 
Women are banned from driving in the conservative kingdom. Source: AP
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