Ok so the answer to my question is no.  You never bothered to venture outside your bubble and see for yourself.  Because had you bothered to go to another country outside of Saudi, you would have seen women in Bahrain driving themselves wherever they want , such as the ghetto Manama souq (as my mom did for the 10 years we lived there), wearing whatever they want (you would have seen Indian women in their bright attire for example), and shopping by themselves without being harassed (the only harassment would be the typical bazaar pressure to buy something).  Yeah, I didn't think so.

FYI, the only place where "Being groped is simply par for the course" is Egypt (and university parties in North America, no doubt because of Muslims, right?...).
And jeez yet AGAIN you mention your limitations in a Saudi compound.  No one is disputing how much Saudi sucks! Why bring it up again and again other than the evident fact you have no other experience.