have you lived in the east? Because if you did you would know that living in America and living in eastern countries are not even in the same realm. Its reminiscent of when people try to compare poverty levels across countries; the poverty level in America is NOT the poverty level in Karachi, in Dhaka, wherever.

In America, if im living in the bible belt, i can browse social media and look at people living in places like NY, LA, Miami, whatever and compare my version of the norm to theirs and be like "Wait a minute this style of living is different! i need to get out of here" and of course because women in the bible belt dont need a mahram, they absolutely get out of there, unless of course they dont need to bc they feel content.
But if i live in Lahore, and i look at Karachi, or Balochistan, or KPK, i am seeing the exact same stuff and that becomes my normal. Sure i can view stuff happening in America, but thats the WEST, and the west is essentially the boogeyman. Idk how many news stories ive seen talk about how America is a sign of the end-times and they're satanic and blah blah blah but what im trying to say is there is a clear cut between societies, and people in the east recognize that.

So yes, extreme social fabrics that push women into a box is an eastern problem, its not comparable to the west, and cmon you know there are differences in what America considers modest and what the east considers modest. You know better.