Mohammed's Secret?
Men Can no Longer Sell Lingerie in Kuwait
"Kuwait issued a decision Sunday banning men from working in shops selling "private" women's garments like lingerie. The decision, issued by the ministry of social affairs and labor, gave businesses until April 7 to implement the ban or face a fine of up to 700 dollars for each violating worker. It said that special inspectors from the ministry would enforce the ban. The ministry also ordered its labor departments to stop recruiting male migrant laborers for employment in women's lingerie shops."
Back in 2006 they tried the same thing in Saudi Arabia. Heck, they went even further and banned them from selling hijab and abaya. They also ended up giving shopkeepers two years to make the necessary adjustments. Oh, and when the Saudis relented and said women could fill the jobs. 10000 women applied for the jobs. The adjustments? I guess that meant going from a B cup to a NO-C'em cup because:
"As well as changing staff, shop owners have been ordered to design stores so that nobody can see inside, and to install separate entrances for women."
What actually happened?
"...officials trying to open more doors of employment for women in accordance to ministry level decisions but facing resistance and objections from society. This was exemplified in the decision to allow women to work in lingerie shops.
The Ministry of Labor announced that it would enforce the decision starting June 18, 2006. Young unemployed women by the hundreds signed up for training in sales, store management and marketing at the JCCI and applied for jobs, but few shop owners offered them jobs or showed interest in accommodating them. They complained about the impracticality and extra expenses they had to endure to segregate the women employees from the men and to shield them from public view. Those who did accommodate women, faced angry objections from the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice for not implementing the segregation measures strictly enough even though the Labor Office had already permitted the measures taken by the stores.
Eventually the ministry withdrew its proposals and made the decision to employ women in the lingerie stores optional."
I'm still checking, but I don't think too many store owner's have availed themselves of that option. So sorry, Saudi ladies, you girls have a real challenge over there.
For a good break down on the current state of women's issues in Saudi Arabia check out this: Baby Steps and Individual Successes. For a real hoot skip over to Adventures of a Lipstick Wahhabi for a blog's eye view of someone who is living it. Her slogan:
"Cursed is [s]he who is both lipstick and wahhabi."
Ooh, and don't forget to watch this year's Lingerie Bowl, all you he-man infidels!
"Kuwait issued a decision Sunday banning men from working in shops selling "private" women's garments like lingerie. The decision, issued by the ministry of social affairs and labor, gave businesses until April 7 to implement the ban or face a fine of up to 700 dollars for each violating worker. It said that special inspectors from the ministry would enforce the ban. The ministry also ordered its labor departments to stop recruiting male migrant laborers for employment in women's lingerie shops."
Back in 2006 they tried the same thing in Saudi Arabia. Heck, they went even further and banned them from selling hijab and abaya. They also ended up giving shopkeepers two years to make the necessary adjustments. Oh, and when the Saudis relented and said women could fill the jobs. 10000 women applied for the jobs. The adjustments? I guess that meant going from a B cup to a NO-C'em cup because:
"As well as changing staff, shop owners have been ordered to design stores so that nobody can see inside, and to install separate entrances for women."
What actually happened?
"...officials trying to open more doors of employment for women in accordance to ministry level decisions but facing resistance and objections from society. This was exemplified in the decision to allow women to work in lingerie shops.
The Ministry of Labor announced that it would enforce the decision starting June 18, 2006. Young unemployed women by the hundreds signed up for training in sales, store management and marketing at the JCCI and applied for jobs, but few shop owners offered them jobs or showed interest in accommodating them. They complained about the impracticality and extra expenses they had to endure to segregate the women employees from the men and to shield them from public view. Those who did accommodate women, faced angry objections from the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice for not implementing the segregation measures strictly enough even though the Labor Office had already permitted the measures taken by the stores.
Eventually the ministry withdrew its proposals and made the decision to employ women in the lingerie stores optional."
I'm still checking, but I don't think too many store owner's have availed themselves of that option. So sorry, Saudi ladies, you girls have a real challenge over there.
For a good break down on the current state of women's issues in Saudi Arabia check out this: Baby Steps and Individual Successes. For a real hoot skip over to Adventures of a Lipstick Wahhabi for a blog's eye view of someone who is living it. Her slogan:
"Cursed is [s]he who is both lipstick and wahhabi."
Ooh, and don't forget to watch this year's Lingerie Bowl, all you he-man infidels!
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