(im only speaking from my experience as a saudi)

the way scholars interpret text changes over time, the same text that would be used to justify not letting women get an education can now be loosely interpreted as just “general modesty” not too differently from christianity.

of course whosever in power can play a significant role in that, the not so progressive “””””progressive””””””” MBS did admittedly push out some of the insane old hags in place of scholars that islamists would describe as state sellouts. it’s obviously still a long way to go and i particularly don’t have any trust in the government to act in our interest but it’s something.