To be a woman in Pakistan is to encounter this question and its subtext everywhere we go. It is to encounter the cultural assumption that sexual assault can be prevented by dressing and behaving 'modestly,' no matter that CCTV footage of busy streets in Pakistani cities routinely shows women in burqas being harassed.

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