"When I came to Norway in 2002, the first cultural shock I got was that men in public places did not stare at women.
"I had observed and even experienced so much staring by men in Pakistan that I thought it was a universal reality.
"When I found that it was not so in Norway , I was upset for some time. I thought; "Am I so ugly that Norwegian men don't even give me a second look?"
" Soon I realized that men in Norway just don't stare at any women in public places.
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