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Originally Posted by 1overcosc
That apparent secular society that existed in places like Afghanistan and Iran in the 1960s/1970s is largely a myth. There was only a small westernized bubble in the major cities that was really like that. The vast majority of Afghani women were very traditional even then. It's not like women in miniskirts ever became a nationwide thing there.
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Of course, but I'd still say with some certainty that the women wearing less traditional dress in Afghanistan, Iran and many other countries in the Middle East in those days expected more of their countrywomen to follow their lead eventually. Not the other way around.