Cultures and ideas and their impact on changing social values of the status of Saudi women (comparative analytical study)

The study aimed to determine the impact of cultures and ideas on changing the social values ​​of women; and its reflection on the status of saudi woman, to achieve this, the study relied on the comparative approach, and used a content analysis card as a tool for data collection,  the study was applied to books and female media figures of the cultural elites in the previous cultural period and the current changing period experienced by the saudi society, the data was processed using statistical tests: (frequency, percentage rate), the study reached the following results: the content analysis of the books of the cultural elites and their media articles proved that the culture, with its customs and traditions related to the concepts associated to the relationship of woman to man, nature of feminine woman, and her position in relation to the man was influential on: woman’s social values. It became clear that the most important topics discussed in the previous cultural period, which led to a significant rise in the status of saudi woman, were: (the right of woman to receive appropriate treatment for her participation in the development of society, the right of woman to obtain financial independence), while the changing period in the saudi society was less influential in raising these topics. This proves that the books and articles of the previous cultural period were more influential in raising the status of saudi woman, the study concluded with a set of recommendations that can help in activating the impact of cultural elites to raise the status of saudi woman. The most important of them are: the necessity of emphasizing the topics that contribute to the rise of the status of saudi woman and that the cultural elites have not addressed in the current changing period in terms of the cultural concept related to the relationship between woman and man and the concept of the position of woman in relation to man, as the study proved. And the need to raise topics that contribute to raising woman’s awareness of her rights and duties within society, specifically the new decisions that affect their social status, and other new areas in society.