Oh yes 1000% true about this staring thing. I found a few of my friends who haven't spent too much time abroad also doing the same and I call them out everytime, like dude WTF are you doing? What do you think you will achieve by gawking like a monkey at women? I can only imagine how uncomfortable women might feel as I myself don't like to be stared at.
Hate to say it and it might sound racist and stereotypical and I apologize for that but its true many a khan bhai has been caught rubbing himself against a tree while staring at women on a beach. Thankfully now this has been stopped once again due to strict policing.
remember that after #MeToo became a thing, many Pakistani women on social media shared their horror stories of constant staring, cat-calling, men deliberately 'bumping' into them in bazaars, and open harrassment even when those women were with families!
they weren't wearing bikinis or short shorts or sleeveless attire. they were your typical Pakistani dresses, some even hijab-wearing facing this constant discomfort in public.
while they received a LOT of support and sympathy in the replies/comments, plenty of londay were saying "that didn't happen! you are lying! landay ke liberalzz! aurat ko sirf ghar mein rehna chahiye!"
again, such men - from young boys to old uncles - hold the power in society and instead of feeling ashamed of their own double standards and REFUSING to control their animalistic urges, they always always ALWAYS blame women!
just because we men do not face this discomfort in public, we think "oh its all jhoot!" and the same mentality is found among majority religious groups who accuse minorities of "faking their oppression"