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Sex Segregation
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Sex Segregation
A controversial policy of separating people by gender, often understood to be in public places. Critics of sex segregation contend that it is a violation of human rights; supporters argue it is necessary to maintain decency, modesty, female safety, or the family unit
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The police have wide powers to search for alcohol, drugs and prostitution, ensure shops are closed during prayer times and maintain the system of sexual segregation in Saudi society.
Saudi woman becomes deputy minister by Aljazeera.net
Surely there's a market for ``neutral'' toys which would suit both boys and girls and put an end to this enforced sexual segregation at so young an age.
Letter: Sexist tots by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
The powerful association between women and domestic life, and men and public life, is one of the accepted facts of contemporary gender studies, thus sexual segregation in Arab-Muslim society should be seen not as exceptional or unique, but one of the better-known examples of a more general cultural phenomenon.
Toward a theory of a Arab-Muslim women as activists in secular and ... by Fluehr-Lobban, Carolyn / Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ)
 
 
 
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