>>2540765The real concern here is he's probably trying to excuse an "acceptable" amount of control by picking an extreme example to say it isn't so bad.
It's unlikely you'll sway him but if he's terminally online enough, tradwife evangelical content comes to mind. Socially forced modest dress, shaming, only going out with other females or with your husband/bf, male-led spaces ONLY are all common even in the richest areas of like, Dallas Texas. Being a middle eastern country doesn't make the basic premise of control any different. The DoE rules changing also punishes women for wanting maternity leave, so it's not like westerners and American citizens are free entirely from institutional pressure. If he's already taking extreme examples, I doubt much will change his mind but it depends how he started making that comparison.