I spent a year in Pakistan, whereālike Indiaā the upper class is worldly, cosmopolitan, sophisticated, speaks with a posh public school accent, and sips Scotch at the Sind Club. The women are among the feistiest and beautiful in the world and the men are basically Pierce Brosnan with a suntan.
The middle to lower class is a whole different story. The society is homosocial. Imagine spending basically your entire life never talking to any girl who is not a close relative until you are married to a cousin. Thatās the reality.
I found it to be a really emotionally crippling thing. In its most mild form it manifests itself in a tragic lack of Game, a complete inability to be cool because you never got laughed at by a girl for failing to be cool. In its most toxic form it is a complete inability to relate to women as people, but people who are different than you. Every woman you come across is either a relative, a wife, or a hussy who must be ready for your advances. You literally never encounter any other option.
Thereās bad side effects on the women, too (they end up being really infantilized). But they generally donāt go full incel like the guys do.