I agree with generalizing if the majority of the generalization is a fact. It’s common sense in my opinion. If the majority of women there are treated as a slave of property, well, I’m going to generalize and say that’s the case in that country, region, whatever.
I don’t know if that is the case in Saudi Arabia for sure, more or less just saying that based off your statement of generalizing, I agree with generalizing if someone is majority honed in facts. We do it all the tIke and it makes sense to do this as your assumptions or generalizations are most likely true if it’s mostly a fact.
For example, I may generally say “target is a nicer place to go shopping than wal Mart.” While that may be a little subjective, people and critics alike do feel that target is a better store to shop at. However, does it literally mean that every target is better than every wal mart, everywhere? Well, no, there may be a wal Mart in some town somewhere that’s better than the target. But that doesn’t mean I’m not going to start saying “target is usually better than wal mart.” I’m still going to keep saying “target is better than wal mart.” Because 90% of the time, that’s true.
Didn’t mean to go a tangent, but the point is that if something is held by the majority of a generalization as true, I don’t feel it’s wro NV to say it like is. If Saudi Arabia mainly treats women like property; well, their a nation that treats women like property. Doesn’t of course literally mean every single person does, but that nation as a whole.