Notably, Saudi women objected to men selling lingerie. Apparently, Victor’s Secret was that in the sexually repressed kingdom, you could still sell frilly things to women.
Other women bloggers have heralded the ban as a way to reduce unemployment among women. Fatima Garub, the founder of a Facebook campaign, said “from now, embarrassment will end. We thank the king, who felt our problem and took the decision that we have been waiting for a long time.”
Of course, if you get one of those jobs, you may want to rent in the mall: the Kingdom still arrests women who try to drive. There remains a fatwa against women driving.
Source: Gulf News