Mattawa in Dubai?

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I have walked, with my wife, in various places in Dubai since we came here over 2 years ago.

Considering there is enough information about the sensitivities around the dress code in the UAE, I am astounded at the mentality of some women who live here as guests (which is basically what we are).

Yesterday we walked through the metro station (DIFC) across the road in Sheik Zayed. One woman was wearing shorts which just about covered her butt cheeks, a pair of high heeled shoes, plus a vest top and no bra. A number of men she walked past ogled her (mainly patan workers), but an equal number pointed at her and laughed or showed disgust at her lack of awareness/consideration for local custom.

She was definitely not a prostitute.

Even walking through shopping malls this is a typical sight.What is going on in the minds of these women?

We lived in Saudi for 3 years, where Matawa approached those who were transgressing moral code. OK things there were much more strict and maybe too far. However, I think a similar arranegement should apply in the UAE.

I am not a Muslim but find this kind of thing ridiculous. What is the need/reason for dressing like this?

Am I just being an old prude/fuddy duddy? Baah Humbug!
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well, they might be tourists...whether they are or not, dubai markets itself as being liberal, and i think the dress thing is a total double standard, this isn't saudi...

it also makes me laugh how it's always the expats who get up in arms about expats' dress code (usually the expatwomen coffee-morningers, to be fair)...whereas the locals i've spoken to really don't give a monkeys...

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well, they might be tourists...whether they are or not, dubai markets itself as being liberal, and i think the dress thing is a total double standard, this isn't saudi...

it also makes me laugh how it's always the expats who get up in arms about expats' dress code (usually the expatwomen coffee-morningers, to be fair)...whereas the locals i've spoken to really don't give a monkeys...

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There's a difference between liberal and sluttish
and there are different intepretations of sluttish...

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I am not in favour at all of a 'fashion' police...unless I can be in it, lol...
Think if the local population have a serious issue with it, they should do some sort of ongoing media campaign to inform the general public of the do's and don'ts...
I personally think there is a time and a place for different types of clothing, which is more based on common sense than on religious principles.
There will always be men and women that don't give a toss about what is appropriate though, and there are loads that don't seem to have a mirror at home either...
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Originally Posted by Victor Meldrew
I have walked, with my wife, in various places in Dubai since we came here over 2 years ago.

Considering there is enough information about the sensitivities around the dress code in the UAE, I am astounded at the mentality of some women who live here as guests (which is basically what we are).

Yesterday we walked through the metro station (DIFC) across the road in Sheik Zayed. One woman was wearing shorts which just about covered her butt cheeks, a pair of high heeled shoes, plus a vest top and no bra. A number of men she walked past ogled her (mainly patan workers), but an equal number pointed at her and laughed or showed disgust at her lack of awareness/consideration for local custom.

She was definitely not a prostitute.

Even walking through shopping malls this is a typical sight.What is going on in the minds of these women?

We lived in Saudi for 3 years, where Matawa approached those who were transgressing moral code. OK things there were much more strict and maybe too far. However, I think a similar arranegement should apply in the UAE.

I am not a Muslim but find this kind of thing ridiculous. What is the need/reason for dressing like this?

Am I just being an old prude/fuddy duddy? Baah Humbug!
I think you need to go and get a testosterone jab.
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the people who compalin loudest about expat dress in Dubai are usually the ones who are also the strongest supporters of Muslim women wearing the hijab in England, which is offensive to many British people
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Originally Posted by Victor Meldrew
I have walked, with my wife, in various places in Dubai since we came here over 2 years ago.

Considering there is enough information about the sensitivities around the dress code in the UAE, I am astounded at the mentality of some women who live here as guests (which is basically what we are).

Yesterday we walked through the metro station (DIFC) across the road in Sheik Zayed. One woman was wearing shorts which just about covered her butt cheeks, a pair of high heeled shoes, plus a vest top and no bra. A number of men she walked past ogled her (mainly patan workers), but an equal number pointed at her and laughed or showed disgust at her lack of awareness/consideration for local custom.

She was definitely not a prostitute.

Even walking through shopping malls this is a typical sight.What is going on in the minds of these women?

We lived in Saudi for 3 years, where Matawa approached those who were transgressing moral code. OK things there were much more strict and maybe too far. However, I think a similar arranegement should apply in the UAE.

I am not a Muslim but find this kind of thing ridiculous. What is the need/reason for dressing like this?

Am I just being an old prude/fuddy duddy? Baah Humbug!

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How do you know that "she was definitely not a prostitute"? What are the tell-tale signs if she was wearing skimpy shorts, high heels and a braless T-shirt?
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How do you know that "she was definitely not a prostitute"? What are the tell-tale signs if she was wearing skimpy shorts, high heels and a braless T-shirt?
she was out during the day?
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she was out during the day?
She must have been to a brunch
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Originally Posted by lionheart
How do you know that "she was definitely not a prostitute"? What are the tell-tale signs if she was wearing skimpy shorts, high heels and a braless T-shirt?
Because he didn't have to pay her..........
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Originally Posted by Victor Meldrew
We lived in Saudi for 3 years, where Matawa approached those who were transgressing moral code. OK things there were much more strict and maybe too far. However, I think a similar arranegement should apply in the UAE.
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