Saudi men working alongside women, in countries that practice gender equality, creates a social and economic situation that the average Saudi man remains unacclimated to, which causes tension.

Women may obtain the ability to - possibly - contribute to society, but only via the venues deemed acceptable by Islamic laws and regulations. According to the 2014 demographics profile, the population of each sex remain about equal, but half of this population cannot advance; therefore, reducing the potential of Saudi Arabia's society and their economy by half.

Saudi women are the only people deemed "appropriate" to work at women's ligerie department stores located in Saudi Arabia.

The economy of Saudi Arabia is hurt because only certain jobs are suitable for women to do. The website emro.who.int published a journal in which it claims this: "According to the latest official figures, 49.9% of the Saudi population are female"(A.E.H. Mobaraki1 and B. Söderfeldt. Gender inequity in Saudi Arabia and its role in public health). Women make up about half of the population in Saudi Arabia; therefore, the economy lacks by how many women are not currently able to work or are not allowed to contribute to the economics of the Saudi society.

Does this seem appropriate?

Although, until 2011, women were closed off to working retail jobs, now they are allowed to work in strictly women's lingerie stores.

According to Here&Now, “The stores that have both male and female employees are required to have partitions at least five feet high that female employees can duck behind so they don’t accidentally come into contact with male coworkers. And sometimes it looked like the stores were giant mazes. There were giant mazes around these departments that employed women”(Meghna Chakrabarti qtd. Katherine Zoepf).

Is this not a little extreme? Women must take this much precaution in order to not come in contact with a male co-worker?

Suffering in Saudi Arabia

Economic Factors of Gender Discrimination

Saudi Arabia remains less industrialized because the workplace lacks diversity; the article, “Gender Segregated Educations in Saudi Arabia” explains how, because of gender discrimination in the workplace, Saudi men in the labor market are unprepared for the global market(Baki, R. 2004).

Saudi men working alongside women, in countries that practice gender equality, creates a social and economic situation that the average Saudi man remains unacclimated to, which causes tension.

Saudi women are the only people deemed "appropriate" to work at women's ligerie department stores located in Saudi Arabia.