Saudi King bans men from selling lingerie

[Siciid1986]

He's probably not the first person you would have on your mind as being the face of lingerie, but King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has become something of a hero to women in his home country.

 

He has issued a decree banning all men from working in lingerie shops to end 'embarrassment' suffered by women who don't want to give men their measurements.

Saudi women working in the outlets got embroiled in a dispute three years ago with the labour ministry and the powerful religious authority, which issued a fatwa banning such jobs.

The decree from the king was part of a push to reduce the amount of female unemployment in the conservative kingdom, currently at around 30 per cent.

Saudi women say they have been uncomfortable buying lingerie from men and would prefer female sales assistants.

 

Fatima Garub, founder of a Facebook campaign called 'Enough Embarrassment', backed the king's decision saying it would create about 6,000 jobs for Saudi women.

'From now, embarrassment will end,' she said. 'We thank the king who felt our problem and took the decision that we have been waiting for a long time.'

In February last year, campaigners urged women to boycott lingerie shops with male staff for two week.

They said that women should not have to give their measurements to men they don't know because it contradicted Muslim law. Islamic scholars backed the boycott.

 

 

Reem Asaad, economics professor in Jeddah, started the campaign in 2008 and religious police said they were okay with women working in shops as long as they were in women-only malls.

Religious leaders in the Wahhabi form of Islam - which makes up the majority of the country - require complete separation of members of the opposite sex who are not related.

The Saudi society continues to be incredibly traditional and the idea of women working is frowned upon.

 

Unlikely hero: King Abdullah of Saudia Arabia issued a decree banning men from working in lingerie shops

[FatB]

loooooooool

[Che -Guevara]

I approve this decree:D

[Cara.]

^I thought you would protest at the unfair discrimination here

[Che -Guevara]

^Women can't drive and men can't be salesperson at lingerie shops-it's only fair, don't you think?

[Jacaylbaro]

I can imagine Arab guy at the shop selling lingerie to a pretty girl .................. May iska daayaan haday intaa kaga imanayso

[NGONGE]

^^ It's never an Arab guy though. It's always some Indian guy who spent the last ten years away from his family or any female company. In a way, for most of those guys, this was the dream job. Heh.

[Juxa]

lol so marwala it will effect the poor

 

saudis are bonkers anyway, why not allow women to drive?

[Jacaylbaro]

simply coz they jealous dee ..... they not sure when she will go when driving

[AYOUB]

'We thank the king who felt our problem and took the decision that we have been waiting for a long time.'

I'm sorry Fatima but the king has been badly advised. He shouldn't have let his name tied to under-garments. If he really really had to; he should acted tough and fair like Alshabaab and banned lingeries (sic). Dictators in the middle east don't have time for this kind of silky smooth goorgorad politics. I don't buy (no pun) your "embarrassed" argument either. So what if you're a bit red faced, your niqaab should be enough to disguise that anyway. You could get dark glasses to extra cover. It's not that the shop assistant will recognise you. On the contrary; it's the man accompanying you who does. Whenever you go shopping for the lingerers (sp?), he has to take his other wives too out of equality. Put the... stocking (sp?) on the other leg yaa Faatima!

[N.O.R.F]

This law has been in the pipeline for years

[AYOUB]

^

 

On the positive side, certain geezers will get expert advice when buying ze sbeshal gifts.