Open AccessDress Practices in the Workplace Power Relations, Gender Norms and Professional Saudi Women’s Tactics
Author(s) -
Amélie Le Renard
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
al-raida
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2226-4841
pISSN - 0259-9953
DOI - 10.32380/alrj.v0i0.19
Subject(s) - power (physics) , context (archaeology) , face (sociological concept) , private sector , subject (documents) , sample (material) , gender studies , psychology , social psychology , sociology , political science , social science , law , geography , physics , quantum mechanics , chemistry , archaeology , chromatography , library science , computer science
“Would you accept to work in a mixed-gender place (makan mukhtalat)?” “Would you uncover your face in the presence of men?” This is a sample of the questions included in a 2008 survey questionnaire distributed to Saudi women in a job fair organized by the private sector.1 The wording of the questions – that have no equivalent in questionnaires for men – suggests that the choice is exclusively theirs. But the fact is that professional women’s dress codes are subject to many restrictions in Saudi Arabia as well as in other parts of the world with, however, some variants specific to the Saudi context.