On the only day off we had together, we went with a young man to get me a dress. Neither he nor I like to go shopping, but I asked him to come with me because the dress is not cheap at all and I want him to look at and evaluate how it fits me before buying.
But when I went to try on a dress, he was forbidden to enter the women's changing rooms, because other women were changing there and he would allegedly look at them.
Besides us, there was another couple in the fitting rooms, where the man was also kicked out and he was also very indignant.
When I asked how I could show the dress I tried on, they answered, "Go out into the hall." When fitting, the wrong sizes may turn out to be, sometimes I have to take off my shoes, something may stick out or sit wrong, but no one cared that I was not comfortable going out to all the visitors of the store.
This is the first time we have encountered such a policy, and it is a very strange and unpleasant situation. It's especially unclear what this is based on, other than strange personal beliefs. It seems that the idea that men can look at other women in locker rooms can only come from those who do it themselves.