Dressed up like a boy

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Dressed up like a boy
Filed by: Kate Clinton
September 23, 2010 4:00 PM


http://www.bilerico.com/2010/09/dressed_up_like_a_boy.php


A recent New York Times article "When Boys Are Prized, Girls Live the Part" written by Jenny Nordberg, described the Afghani tradition of 'bacha posh' which translates as 'dressed up as a boy.' Since boys are so valued over girls, families with girls often dress one of their girls in boy's clothes from an early age until puberty or well after.