"Sanam, a bacha posh, a girl living as a boy, stands next to her father at their street stand selling masks, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021. In the heavily patriarchal, male-dominated society of Afghanistan, where women and girls are usually relegated to the home, there is one tradition which allows girls access to the male world: bacha posh. A girl dresses, behaves and is treated as a boy, allowing her to play and to work as a boy would be able to do, until she reaches puberty."
~ MSTYSLAV CHERNOV and ELENA BECATOROS
"Afghan tradition allows girls to access the freedom of boys" | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/bacha-posh-Kabul-Afghanistan-ad82563ff1ddae630ca0e5b52236172b
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