If that is the rule in the country Carol, then yes. I am a firm believer in the old saying, 'When in Rome, do as the Roman's do'
If you don't want to wear the garment then don't go to the country, it's oh so simple.
I also disapprove of the US and the UK going into other countries and trying to change their way of life just as much as I disapprove of other people going there and trying to do the same.
Things like trying to impose democracy on a society to whom it is anathema. What's so good about democracy? It doesn't seem to work very well in the US, or the UK.
Giok