I have to say this is the only article I've seen on this subject which encapsulates so well what girls and women in the Diaspora South Asian community face. What I find additionally troubling though is that so many South Asian girls and women are not even aware of how this mechanical process is problematic. It seems that too often, having such an ideal forced upon females through various social processes isn't seen to be less than ideal by the very women having to live up to such standards. From what I've encountered, this is further compounded by a discourse of religious legitimisation coming from both the first generation as well as the second and third generations themselves.