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Originally Posted by Penn
Assuming this article is based in fact, it implies that the entire male culture engages in, or condones homosexual behavior. I find it somewhat difficult to incorporate such a widespread cultural practice/ acceptance of this behavior in Pashtun culture. For it counters the cultural impressions instilled over two semesters of demanding course work. That such a defining intrinsic cultural behavior/ subject matter never surface during that exploration, not only confuses me, but leads me to question the possibility of a prejudicial viewpoint, or bias on the part of the good professor.
In that regard I have fwd the article to my Professor. His area of specialization is: “The Pashtun Culture”.
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I have been reading this line of though for some time, in several other fora. In fact the 1st time it became obvious was a short movie clip produced by some Scandinavian EU SF types. The clip (maybe 7-8minutes) was a collage of short pieces created by the same unit. It covered their tur from the beginning to end. Around the middle, you could see they were being very productive in some hearts & minds effort and had some close-ups of the locals.
One of the close-up showed 3-4 frumpy old locals,, and one young boy (12-14 yo). The old goats were in ruff, worn, tattered outfits,, and the your boy was dressed in what I would call a DRESS,, fresh out of a shower, hair combed, and a small flower in his mouth. It also looked he had makeup on..
The implications were scary. I was waiting for some sort of explanation, but there was none. They showed the kid in several clips as if they wanted to say something..