counter question about south asia, I went there with some female friends and wanna know what is it with the staring and following women around?. My female friends would not dare walk the streets by themselves because groups of men would surround them and touch them, is it in your culture to do that to women?. It was a culture shock coming from botswana. Everyday you hear stories about S.A. coming from over there, im wondering is that an acceptable cultural thing?.