Defying criticisms of ‘unladylike’ behaviour,RFE/RL meets the girls taking to two wheels to claim their independence“Back in the day, people used to say a girl risked losing her virginity whether she fell from a bike, or ” says Halima,a 61-year-old from the village of Faizbakhsh in southern Tajikistan.
The thought weighs heavily on Halima’s intellect as she tries to come to terms with the fact that her own granddaughter rides a bicycle to school every day.
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Source: theguardian.com