Zainab Shafia: Young Women

Puberty Dept: But they hailed from a culture and a region of the world where sexuality is a dirty word, if ever mentioned at all. Puberty brings with it the covering up of hair, the swathing of bodies and often the veiling of faces. This is done for a variety of reasons but primarily cloaked in the rubric of modesty. In fact, a more honest analysis of swaddling tradition has little to do with protecting female virtue. It s all about the men: Those who measure their own reputation by the accentuated chastity of their womenfolk and those who might be tempted by femininity on display. PHOTOS: Zainab Shafia, according to The Star. The forbidden, however, is always most alluring and kINGSTON Zainab and Sahar Shafia were young women who revelled in their beauty, exulted in their blossoming sensuality. It is the responsibility of women to obstruct male desire. And it is women who are punished when sexual crimes occur. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.