lower than a second class citizen

Another Face of Terror

Pakistan's president, Pervez Musharraf, is supposed to be our valued ally in the
war on terrorism. But terror takes many forms, not all of them hijacked
airplanes or bombed subways...........

.......Now, for the first time,
Dr. Shazia has agreed to tell her full story, even though this will put herself
and her loved ones at risk. Her tale is simultaneously an indictment of General
Musharraf's duplicity, a window into the debasement that is the lot of
women in much of the world - and a modern love story......

....."They told me to be quiet and not to tell anybody because it would
ruin my reputation," Dr. Shazia remembers. One official warned that if she
reported the crime, she could be arrested.
That was a genuine risk. Under
Pakistan's hudood laws, a woman who reports that she has been raped is
liable to be arrested for adultery or fornication - since she admits to
sex outside of marriage - unless she can provide four male eyewitnesses to the
rape.......

and another article on the same;

A Pakistani Rape, and a Pakistani Love Story

.........Rapes occur in Pakistan at an estimated rate of one every two hours,
and the rape itself is only the beginning of the horror. As in much of the
world, the victim is frequently expected to atone for her "sin" by killing
herself, while her attacker goes unscathed.

at least here if they don't believe you (and even it they DO believe you, in most cases 'they' think you asked for it - be it your provocative dress or the way your ass moves when you walk or just the fact you don't have a penis) no one expects you to self-immolate