While the Labor Minister Al-Qusaibi stressed the need for women to stay at home, he also stated that there is no option but to start [finding] jobs for the millions of women in Saudi Arabia. In recent years, the Labor Ministry has banned the employment of men or non-Saudi women in lingerie and other stores where women's garments and perfumes are sold. This policy started in 2005 when the Ministry announced a policy of staffing lingerie shops with women. Since the shops served women customers, employing women would prevent mixing of the sexes in public (ikhtilat). Many Saudi women also disliked discussing the subject of their undergarments with male shop clerks.