[Penn]

The good Professors reply to this question :Professor, I hope this finds you well and enjoying another semester at I am hoping you can render an opinion on the attached article...as to its cultural truth.

His answer:It is kind of like the ancient Greek phenomenon. Yes, the Kandahar region is the source of a lot of jokes on this general theme, though it's (a) a practice that occurs in other areas and (b) not as universal (or universally approved) as it is made out to appear here. It's a power and status game more than anything else, and not really a 'sexual identity crisis' - it really has little to do with sexual orientation.

Which tells me he is very political with regards to this question.


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..