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Saudi shuts 'male-staffed lingerie shops'

Matt - Tue, 2012-09-18 00:45

Some guys just lost their jobs because they're male-- in a "male-dominated society", no less. Story here. Excerpt:

'AFP - The labour ministry has ordered the closure of around 100 lingerie shops in the Saudi capital for having men on their sales staff, a newspaper said on Sunday.

Al-Eqtisadiah quoted a ministry official as saying all shops which violate a decree on the "feminisation and nationalisation of jobs" would be shut down. The measure aims to "provide a safe environment for working women," he said.

The ministry at the start of the year banned male assistants from working at lingerie shops, as a first step to be followed by women-only sales assistants at cosmetics outlets.'