- As a western women the main issue is the attention you get from the local and Asian male population. They tend to stare and although it is not in a horrid way, it can be rather annoying. The best thing to do is to ignore and not wear clothes that are too revealing and to be honest you begin to not notice.
- Local women don't appear to have as much freedom as western ladies do. Additionally, Omani men tend to socialise without their wives and I hear they can be very flirtatious. In fact I am considering wearing a ring!
- There are ladies only gyms and clubs (which I actually quite like); ladies only checkouts; ladies only benches; and ladies only salon's and shops.
- Dressing out here isn't difficult. I expect that no-one would say anything if I walked around in inappropriate clothing, it would just be very disrespectful. In terms of Omani clothing, the women wear abaya's (the head to toe black dresses) and in the evenings they all seem to emerge from their houses accessorised with pretty heels and bags. It's as though they are in competition with each other! In the UK, abaya's are something we are not familiar with but out here you get used to them and in fact the detailing around the hems is very pretty. They wear their abaya's everywhere, even the sea! The only time I have seen Omani ladies not in their abaya's is in the gym (and in a Zumba class I went to last week...absolutely hilarious, and tiring, dance class!).
- Women are advised not to get into white and orange taxi's alone. Not a problem...I don't like using taxi's in the UK alone!
Other than that, being a women out here is safe and easy enough.
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