They are more oppressive than Qatar. In Qatar, you will see local women walking in the streets wearing western clothing. You have local bars (at the hotels) and there are few restrictions for foreign women.
Not that Qatar is in any way a paradise; the slaves situation is not funny at all.
I don't know what one can achieve through a boycott; Saudi Arabia will not notice what will happen with my TV on Sunday. But on the other hand, there is so little one can do when dealing with a situation like this one, that I don't know if doing that very little thing is the sole moral thing to do.
Plus:
It must be said that we are not in disagreement with a country's political or social structure. We are in disagreement with a cultural/religious structure. And that is a more complicated issue.





