{"id":8675,"date":"2011-08-22T00:00:30","date_gmt":"2011-08-22T07:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/muslimahmediawatch.org\/?p=8675"},"modified":"2011-08-22T00:00:30","modified_gmt":"2011-08-22T07:00:30","slug":"under-fire-al-watans-for-hire-t-shirt-article","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mmw\/2011\/08\/under-fire-al-watans-for-hire-t-shirt-article\/","title":{"rendered":"Under Fire: Al-Watan’s “For hire” T-shirt Article"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

When a Chinese company manufactured a line of women\u2019s T-shirts with the words \u201cFor Hire\u201d on them, Al-Watan<\/em> published its disapproval<\/a> at their availability in Riyadh stores.<\/p>\n\"For<\/a>\n

At first, Al-Watan\u2019s<\/em> comment was on point when they described the T-shirt as \u201cOne more way to disrespect women.\u201d But then they featured opinions against the T-shirt:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe truth this is very unfortunate,\u201d Kattan, a Saudi citizen commented, \u201cwhat is left is just adding the price on the T-shirt as well, where is the control from the authorities? These women probably don\u2019t know what it means.\u201d<\/p>\n

Saad Osaimi attributed that to \u201cThe ignorance of some citizens in English, plus that the spread of these situations is because of the absence of the concerned authorities and the absence of censorship on the market.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The more interesting point is the almost unquestionable assumption that most women buying this T-shirt won\u2019t know what the words mean. Al-Watan<\/em>\u2019s male commenters must think the female consumers of Riyadh (where the shirt was stocked) must be very poor English students.<\/p>\n

And why were only men asked for their opinion about a product for women? Who cares what men think about it? Unfortunately, Al-Watan<\/em> didn\u2019t think women\u2019s opinions on a product for women were important. Perhaps the author thought women would be too ignorant to have any relevant or interesting opinions, much like the men interviewed for the story.<\/p>\n

Also interesting is that no one actually discusses what <\/em>about the T-shirt is offensive. Is the shirt \u201coffensive to women\u201d because it refers to prostitution or sex trafficking<\/a>? Or is it controversial because it could refer to women\u2019s employment<\/a> in Saudi Arabia?<\/p>\n

After proudly declaring that they contacted the authorities\u2013and by that, they mean Department of Combating Commercial Fraud\u2013Al-Watan<\/em> again spreads panic by reminding every patriotic Saudi to take an action against these violations \u201cagainst customs, traditions, and religion.\u201d<\/p>\n

It always comes down to this: society, normality, traditions, customs, religion and whether Earth is actually going around the sun is by all means directly proportional to what women wear! No one wonders who is buying these T-shirts and what their message actually means for women and children. No, it is the violations for traditions, customs, and religion!<\/p>\n

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