The odd flavors of Islamic Fundamentalism... if you want a Bra & Panties you must buy them from men

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http://apnews.excite.com/article/20090326/D975DHIG0.html

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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - Before her wedding last year, Huda Batterjee went abroad to buy her bridal lingerie - she just couldn't bear the humiliation of discussing her most intimate apparel with a man. She had little choice: there are almost no saleswomen in Saudi Arabia. Now a group of Saudi women - sick of having to deal with male sales staff when buying bras or panties, not to mention frilly negligees or thongs - have launched a campaign this week to boycott lingerie stores until they employ women.



At one lingerie boutique in a Riyadh mall Wednesday, salesmen blushed when asked about their jobs. All said they back the campaign to hire female sales staff.



Mannequins - headless in keeping with a ban on realistic depictions of women - were displayed in the shop window dressed in modest pajamas. Inside, racks held an array of colorful bras, lacy panties and sexy nighties - along with more day-to-day undergarments.



Under Saudi Arabia's strict interpretation of Islamic law, women are required to cover themselves head-to-toe in black robes in public. But in the privacy of their own homes - and bedrooms - they can wear whatever they want, and sexy undergarments are popular.



"I have bras with sizes ranging from 32 to 38 because I can't get to try them on," said Modie Batterjee, Huda's sister and one of the boycott organizers.

[Idealism]

1. This, in the most conservative Islamic state... a good sign of progress, honestly.

[Gman]

2. Glen Beck envisions this kind of America

after the armed revolution he is agitating.