Some shopping malls here in KSA have ladies only floors. As the name indicates, they are floors where only women are allowed. Last week I had chance to visit one ladies floor in the center of Riyadh. There was a guard at the bottom of the stairs and once you enter you are asked to take off your face cover.
What are the security concerns that the sign refers to? After all... most Saudi ladies walk around with their faces covered at all times and it's not a security problem. Well yes, but if you don't take off your face cover on the ladies floor then you might be a man disguised as a woman! No joke, apparently some men sneak onto ladies floors to get glimpses of those forbidden female faces.
On the ladies floor most women do indeed take off their face cover. It was an interesting to actually SEE Saudi women for the first time after coming to KSA. I guess taking off your face cover also makes it easier to approach people because as soon as I entered a lady approached me asking where I am from etc. That was my first ever contact with a local woman. She wished me a nice stay in Saudi Arabia.
What are the security concerns that the sign refers to? After all... most Saudi ladies walk around with their faces covered at all times and it's not a security problem. Well yes, but if you don't take off your face cover on the ladies floor then you might be a man disguised as a woman! No joke, apparently some men sneak onto ladies floors to get glimpses of those forbidden female faces.
On the ladies floor most women do indeed take off their face cover. It was an interesting to actually SEE Saudi women for the first time after coming to KSA. I guess taking off your face cover also makes it easier to approach people because as soon as I entered a lady approached me asking where I am from etc. That was my first ever contact with a local woman. She wished me a nice stay in Saudi Arabia.
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