Well comparison between Saudi Arabia and Switzerland can be done only many things but I stick to just a few points below.
And yet you didn't missed out on any one.
You seemed quite well informed by your friends.
In Switzerland there is basic freedom, freedom of speech, equal rights for men and women foreigners or locals, women can drive, don't need their husbands or male relatives's permission to leave the country, can walk around wherever and with who so ever they want..etc...... and basically has one of the best quality of life. Saudi is an closed oppressive society...to its own people less said the better about how they treat foreigners.
also in SaudiArabia, there is
basic freedom of speech, equal rights for men, women, foreigners, locals and yes women can drive, lay on beach in bikini but only at designated areas.
Yes, their is a law of exit visa but that is just a formality and is applied evenly to both sex evenly.
Idea behind exit visa is to control the criminals escaping after potential crime, but hardly it is applied in its strict form.
Multiple exit-re-entry visa has never been a problem for me and to those known to me.
There is no such law which binds women to take permission from their husbands to leave the house alone.
many female professionals from US come and work in all fields... they work with oil and gas companies, employed in hospitals, education sector etc.
Local women own business... believe it or not once i met a Saudi business women in her factory... where battle tanks were tested.
Saudi is a closed society but it is unique in a sense that foreigners from various nationalities out number locals with 1:100 and most of them come from un-cultured back ground.
There are foreigners who live their till death.
I cannot go to Saudi and I have no intention of ever going there, however have heard a lot about Saudi society from first hand experiences of people I know.
Lastly I am not Indian if you haven't noticed so far
just happen to be there currently for work should be back in a couple of days. Also Switzerland is not the only country that I have lived and worked in FYI..
If you can't go to Saudi than they are also not allowed to come to you.
I don't want to comment on your claim of source of information but i wonder why than people go their in millions but you see you were mis-informed.
I can smell Indian from the choice of his words... his interests etc.
As i said in my brief stay at Saudi i have had first hand experience of thousands of Indians.
All the best for your next journey and keep posting once you get back home.