Regarding the ayat, "Those you own as slaves should ask your permission to enter" (24:56), Ibn 'Umar said, "That applies to men rather than women."  

عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ {لِيَسْتَأْذِنْكُمُ الَّذِينَ مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُكُمْ} قَالَ هِيَ لِلرِّجَالِ دُونَ النِّسَاءِ