Qatar: No-go times and places against "unaccmpanied" men

Submitted by Matt on Tue, 2016-05-17 16:29

Article here. Yes, a "male-dominated" Middle Eastern country (supposedly) is restricting when and where "unaccompanied men" can go in terms of even public places. Well, precedent exists. I wonder how much longer they'll put up with it? Just the kind of thing western feminists want to see here. Excerpt:

'So-called "bachelor bans" that bar lone men from entering malls and parks on certain days of the week and from living in residential neighborhoods are a common, often loosely-enforced, practice in the conservative Muslim Gulf.

Local authorities say the measure, enforced by businesses and municipalities, allows families and women who live in crowded and male-dominated cities space to enjoy public facilities.

But a recent ramping up of family-only rules in Qatar is excluding the country's vast South Asian workforce, mostly young men who live as temporary residents away from their families, and cutting them off from society, rights groups say.

"I wanted to visit the park but I was turned away," said Hader. "This says to me I am not welcome."'

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In Saudi Arabia, all restaurants are divided into family and bachelor sections. A lone woman can enter the family section and the man can enter the family section if accompanied by his wife or daughters.

I used to go to the local Burger King with my family and we always used the family section. I went there once by myself and, without thinking, entered the family section we always used. I was immediately thrown out and told to come in through the bachelor section.

In short, it's not uncommon in the ME for lone men to be denied accessed to any place women might be.

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Submitted by el cid on Wed, 2016-05-18 12:31