Sakina is an example of psychological disadvantage, because she explains that what she feels about becoming a woman is that “she wasn't unhappy. The right word might be confusing. (Page 131), because of how she grew up as a boy. An example of a psychological effect is seen in the second part, which examines Zahra's life and how her attempt to be a bacha posh affects her femininity or lack of femininity. It is noted throughout the novel that, in Zahra's case, "the experience of bacha posh begins to leave a more permanent mark when a girl goes through puberty as a boy" (p. 147) because of the way she understands the restrictions on the lives of Afghan women. Zahra's perspective on her refusal to return to being a woman shows how "any potential empowering effects of living on the other side seemed to be preserved in an adult woman only if her time as a boy is short" (p. 147 ). . Another example of a negative psychological effect is when the novel focuses on Shukria and how she has always seen herself as a failure as a woman. After the divorce, she says “first I was a man and then a woman, and now I will be a divorced woman” (p. 260), confirming her belief that she is failing as a woman. This is also a negative social consequence for Shukria because in Afghan society “a divorcee is a fallen woman, who loses all privileges