In recent times, wearing hijab in public has been required by law in Saudi Arabia (for Muslims),[17][18] Iran and the Indonesian province of Aceh. Other countries, both in Europe and in the Muslim world, have passed laws banning some or all types of hijab in public or in certain types of locales. Women in different parts of the world have also experienced unofficial pressure to wear or not wear hijab.
Well, we lived over there for five years and both men and women were so covered up when outdoors that I couldn't tell which was which.
In the end all of us American women were 100% covered up just to keep the nasty sand and sun off of us.
The men cover up just as much as the women do.
It's the practical thing to do.
We American women couldn't wear anything too tight (pants), too low cut, too short or see through. Our bathing suits had to be one piece. We could wear shorts on the softball field but had to slip on a skirt OVER it to go onto camp. We knew the rules. We had a one-week session in Houston about the rules. No one went there without knowing the rules. Everyone was required to dress modestly.
We weren't required to go there or stay there. If we hated it we could always come home.
The BIGGEST pains in the butt were the women who moaned and groaned about the rules but didn't want to be sent home. They CHOSE to live there so we just asked them to SHUT UP or GO HOME.
The money was so good that they didn't want to go home.
Enormous crybabies.