Employers Placing Women in Night Shifts Face Fines

[sugarimp]

RIYADH, 30 August 2005 - The Ministry of Labor has warned institutions in the private sector that women should not work during the evening. An exception is made for those in the medical field where their job requires them to work at night or that they are in a continuous working shift in a hospital that requires them to stay all day.Muhammad Al-

Comments

[norachan]

"[Protection from men?]" - That would be my guess though it make me wonder if they've had a history of attacks on women in the evenings. If so shouldn't that be an issue for the law enforcers/police? It reminds me of curfew.

[sugarimp]

It's also the reason why a lot of women chose to wear the burqa in some countries- protection from men, rather than any religious belief.

[norachan]

I still find it odd that they will limit women's working hours but not crack down on the aggressors.

To solve a problem, isn't it better to go to the root of it? So now what are the guys going to attack? Dogs? Children? Their own wives?

Are they wearing the burqa for physical protection or verbal? Perhaps they just don't want to be leered at. Hell, maybe I should try one.

ETA: Edited for grammar because I spel gud!

[sugarimp]

You have to remember that this is a society that would lash a woman for getting raped- as adultery. And then to top it off, her own family would kill her for "dishonouring" the family. It's almost as if everything is the fault of the woman.

[caatinga]

I know this isn't necessarily an evil plot to undermine women in the workforce, but it seems probable that this will lead to a decrease in the employability of women and thus their worth as an individual with functions outside the home

[kenosis]

I know this isn't necessarily an evil plot to undermine women in the workforce, but it seems probable that this will lead to a decrease in the employability of women and thus their worth as an individual with functions outside the home.

I agree with you completely - although I actually do believe it's probably an evil plot to artifically raise men's wages. They'd benefit from such a program, after all, because now some of their competition has been eliminated.

[sugarimp]

I agree with you completely - although I actually do believe it's probably an evil plot to artifically raise men's wages. They'd benefit from such a program, after all, because now some of their competition has been eliminated.

They could just as easily go the Taliban way and stop women from working, period.

[eol_nanelmoth]

f you begin with the precept that men are superior to women, doesn't that also include some kind of accountability for your actions as the one with power?

Thank you, I have been waiting for someone to say that.

[kenosis]

Why not let women decide for themselves whether they think they need protection? I mean, people are usually pretty aware of how much protection they need and individuals working in rough areas. If women feel thay working in the evening is dangerous they won't do it.

[norachan]

Amen

[sugarimp]

Why not let women decide for themselves whether they think they need protection?

Hey now, they just recently got the right to drive! One step at a time!

[turkishb]

if it's protection it's discrimination -- in the broadest sense of both terms

why not ban men from working in the evening? that'd protect the women. heck, ban the men from going out, or letting people see his face, or etc etc etc

[sugarimp]

why not ban men from working in the evening?

It's easier to blame women if something goes wrong. 100 lashes for getting raped, and then her family kills her for dishonouring them.