@davidnjoku @BigAngBlack
In some Muslim countries it's traditional to have a multigenerational home. In the women's quarters, girls were raised free of the male gaze, surrounded by cousins, aunts, grandmothers. A wife could get a break from her husband's attention. It was forbidden (haram, opposite of halal) for any man to enter.

A British "explorer" made his living writing tall tales of exotic adventures in savage places, and people to this day believe in harems.