Barbie dolls illegal in Saudi Arabia

Barbie dolls have been banned in Saudi Arabia because
they are considered a corrupting influence on the young.
For one thing Barbie's revealing appearance is contrary to
their puritanical dress code.
Which of course is enforced by the local police, who can
arrest women for even exposing their arms.
For more on this check below.


www.smh.com.au/articles/2...76884.html

first.
this is old news.
2nd
the link is broke.
3rd
use the url hyperlink button above,
4th
saudi's need burkas over everything.

Saudi Arabia= Anti-USA they will do anything to stand out from USA.

Originally posted by Fury
first.
this is old news.
2nd
the link is broke.
3rd
use the url hyperlink button above,
4th
saudi's need burkas over everything.

also nice points fury.

i suppose even in the UK and USA there are problems with barbie dolls... they are seen to some to incourage
anorexia in young girls ect

even if it is old news i never knew about it and that isnt thru my lack of media attention so why cant everyone relax about the general multiple thread situation

I am all for banning those anorexic half-naked perfectly looking objects of male desire

From Fury>

first.
this is old news.

If it was I didn't know. I read it barely six days ago.
Sorry about the link not working.
Every other discussion board I go to i never had a problem
with pasting the link there.

As for Barbie I think some of the Saudi men more than the girls who would desire a Barbie.
It's the next best thing to having a playboy magazine which is of course illegal over there.

I think most fail to realize that Saudi society is pretty much alien to us here in the west... As a former resident of Riyadh, I can tell you that I never saw Barbies in the first place, in any toy shops (and this was back in the 80's). The only ones the little girls in my compound had, came from the PX... And it isn't just Playboys...you wouldn't find even Cosmo there...

Funny thing is...as soon as they get away from the holy land, they drink, go to strip clubs, etc. like nobody's business... Guess it doesn't apply then...