Jenny Nordberg interviews many women but focuses mostly on a tomboy teen Zahra, a married mother Shukria, and Nader who remains in male disguise into adulthood. ... They are allowed to experience the freedom that other boys have until they reach the age of puberty, then their parents force bacha posh back into girls. ... Once a girl experiences the freedoms that boys are allowed they do not want to transition back into a girl. ...

• Word Count: 887
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The memory of our youth popular culture in our childhoods directly relates to our adulthood. "They speak to the complexity of the relationship between the rememberer and the experience or thing being remembered"" (Mitchell and Reid-Walsh, 48). ...

• Word Count: 1698
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

How we behave, though, depends greatly on how we are influenced as we grow up, as well as on our experiences as adults. ... Thus, those who transgress the established borders, frequently experience disapproval and discrimination. ...

• Word Count: 3294
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School