Respondents were nearly evenly split on the question of arranged marriages, with half supporting the idea that marriage should be based on parental consent, while 48% preferred love as the basis of matrimony. Given entrenched gender segregation and paternal dominance, this finding appears to reveal a strong desire for greater individual choice in what has traditionally been a family-driven decision.
即便在婚姻问题上，很多沙特人的观点之开放也令人震惊。包办婚姻问题上，受试者几乎是一半一半，半数人认为婚姻理应遵从父母之命，另外48%则认为爱情才是婚姻的基础。在顽固的性别隔离和父权至上的环境下，这项发现似乎显示了传统的家庭决策中，对更多个人自由的非常强烈的向往。