Riyadh: Tired of playing second fiddle to men in Saudi Arabia, five women decided that if you can't beat them, join them.
Al Watan newspaper said the five women underwent sex change surgery abroad over the past 12 months after they developed a "psychological complex" due to male domination.
Women in Saudi Arabia are not allowed to drive or even go to public places unaccompanied by a male relative.
The newspaper quoted a senior cleric as saying the authorities have to fill what he described as a legal vacuum by issuing laws against sex change operations.
An interior ministry official told Al Watan such cases are examined by religious authorities, and sometimes by psychologists, but those who undergo sex change operations are never arrested.
