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 It would be bizarre in any country to find that its lingerie shops are staffed entirely by men.But in Saudi Arabia - an ultra-conservative nation where unmarried men and women cannot even be alone in a room together if they are not related - it is strange in the extreme. Women, forced to negotiate their most intimate of purchases with male strangers, call the situation appalling and are demanding the system be changed. Click here to see the full article By By Stephanie Hancock BBC News, Jeddah Related links: BBC telephone interview with Saudi woman Saudi women to spurn lingerie shops over salesmen
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