Also posted was "no husband's approval, no driving licence" ..... I don't think I'm reading too much into it at all

While I agree that Qatar is probably more advanced than Afghanistan in terms of rights of women, it still doesn't seem like a whole lot further down the line to me when the word of a woman is valued less than the word of a man.

And you echoed my own words, where I conceded that all societies have their minus points.