-You see, I'm still a beardless youth.

Look at you, all blond and beardless.

You must be some kind of beardless dwarf?

-A beardless youth. With skin as soft as a woman's cheek.

And what about you? You must be some kind of beardless dwarf?

They already think I'm liberal and... - beardless... - So, girl-beard, get beardy.

Ah, I see there are some beardless saplings with us this afternoon... who have ne'er tasted my blade.

Moreover, Pakistan’s fear of vilification and failure hasgiven birth to an increasingly paranoid brand of Islam that seeksto impose stricter controls – on education, women’s rights,dancing, beardlessness, and sex – and close society to all forms ofmodernity.