Sexual Harassment in Saudi Arabia

(Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) Although women and men are now able to work in unison in retail establishments, no formal legal policies and protocols have been developed which define how they are supposed to behave toward each other. As a result, sexual harassment complaints are not being resolved.

Two young girls were buying lingerie from a man in a lingerie shop. He told one of them that the item she had chosen wasn't suitable for her but would be for her friend because her breast size was larger. Both of them were embarrassed and left the shop immediately.

What the salesman committed was verbal harassment. If he had known that there were laws to punish him for what he said while doing his job, he might have thought twice before saying what he did. He should have been punished for his callous remark.

WTF?

I give up. What did he say that was callous?

"I'm sorry miss. You don't have the bosom to wear that article of clothing. But your friend does."

Apparently, the callousness is criminal. So, they want to enact a law which would punish the person making that comment. I hesitate to think of what punishment would be appropriate.