There is a saying in the culture, [one woman] said. For a woman, a death in the home - with purdah, which literally means curtain - is a death of honor. A death outside the home is a death with dishonor. ...
Roshana, about 30 and the mother of a 14-year-old son, agreed. She envisioned lying in the street missing a head or a limb, being viewed by strange men. It would be an insoluble stain on her family's reputation.
October 5, 2004
"I just don't want to die on the street."
The NYT reports on Afghan women's reluctance to vote, based on a distinctive fear of dying outside of the home:
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