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What Is Bacha Posh
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¨Dressed as boy¨ in Dari, which is the main language in Afghanistan. Girls and women aren't allowed to work, so bacha posh is usually implemented when the family needs money, but doesn't have a male that can go out and get the money for the families food and resources.
- Reasons for bacha posh
- Before the Taliban
- During the Taliban
- Change
- Psychology
- Popular literature
- Bacha posh in America
Resources
Bacha posh in america
reasons for bacha posh
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/girls-and-boys/201405/afghan-girls-dressed-boys-recipe-gender-dysphoria
http://nadiahashimi.com/what-is-a-bacha-posh/
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/afghanistan/2015-04-13/afghanistans-female-sons
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2237.Girls_disguised_as_Boys
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/21/world/asia/21gender.html?_r=3
- Women in America wear suits for greater respect
- Suits command authority
- Economic needs
- Social points
- Superstition
- Education
- Work
- Escort
- Cultural
An Interview with Afghanistan's First Female Governor: Dr. Habiba Sorabi
(YouTube)
Can you think of a female talk show host that
wears a suit?
psychology
The Underground Girls of Kabul
By Jenny Nordberg
- A bacha posh becomes a girl again around puberty
- It makes her feel she's lost her freedom because she lost the rights she had as a boy
- She has trouble adapting to becoming a woman because of losing her privileges
change
- Threat of death, women champion for change
before the Taliban
- Female member of parliament killed
- Woman in politics
- Less bacha posh
- Women could work
- Girls could go to school/education
- Women didn't have to cover up a lot
What is Bacha Posh
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literature
Goodreads.com has a list of 381 books about girls
disguised as boys, here are a few.
- Alanna: The First Adventure
- Graceling
- Eon: Dragoneye Reborn
- Twelfth Night
- Leviathan
- Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious Adventures
during the Taliban
- Bacha posh increased
- Women couldn't have jobs
- Girls couldn't go to school/education
- Women and girls had to cover up more
Bacha Posh