An Unmentionable Problem for Women :: Arab News
This phenomenon has always bemused me no end.
In Dubai, you have your choice. If you are a woman, and you want to buy your unmentionables from a man (usual, a man from India) you can do so, but you don't have to. Evidently, there are enough women in Dubai with these preferences to keep these kinds of stores in business.
In Saudi Arabia, you don't have a choice. The only women's lingerie stores allowed are those staffed solely by men. I imagine there are a lot women in the Kingdom whose trip to the lingerie shop leaves them uncomfortable, in more ways than one.
This phenomenon has always bemused me no end.
In Dubai, you have your choice. If you are a woman, and you want to buy your unmentionables from a man (usual, a man from India) you can do so, but you don't have to. Evidently, there are enough women in Dubai with these preferences to keep these kinds of stores in business.
In Saudi Arabia, you don't have a choice. The only women's lingerie stores allowed are those staffed solely by men. I imagine there are a lot women in the Kingdom whose trip to the lingerie shop leaves them uncomfortable, in more ways than one.
Labels: *, Best of EmEc 2005, Best of Emirates Economist, India, lingerie, Saudi Arabia
posted by John B. Chilton at 5/31/2005 09:04:00 PM
1 Comments:
I head that they did try having Filipina shop assistants a few years back, but they were just raped constantly.
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