(Tissues in bin, back on track)
Beachcomber, I didn't actually mean that SaF was having a pop at a culture, but just a general observation of what I've experienced from looooooooooong years on message boards discussing stuff like this. Sooner or later, things always seem to morph into some kind of attack on the minority group seen to be connected with whatever the OP is about.
I'll apologise in advance for going waaaay off on a tangent here (and promise not to do it again! :) )
I'm not sure exactly what you mean by religious attire worn in Pakistan. If you mean a salwar kameez, I've got a wardrobe full of them and I'm not Pakistani or muslim. I just love how they look and it's the next best thing to wearing your pj's for comfort! Did you mean something else like a burkha?
In my view, there are all sorts of clothing women wear that I think to be "dehumanizing" and could be seen as part of comodifying and objectifying of women by men. Although I don't immediately think of religion-connected clothing (e.g. Amish plain dress and cap, nun's habit, hijab, etc.) I do accept that it could be viewed that way. What I tend to think of more is highly sexualised, revealing clothing like hotpants, platform heels and tight strappy tops.
I accept that we tend to think that the former have no choice in what they wear - that acceptable attire is defined by the men who dominate the faith community they are part of. Likewise, we tend to assume that women in barely-there clothing dashing from club to club on a Saturday night freely choose what they wear.
Maybe in both cases, the concept of "choice" is rather opaque.