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Marina · 01-29-2010, 18:10

Most of the young men have probably never seen a whole female outside their immediate family - let alone a nekked one. Pashto tolerance of "homo-sex" is something like what happens in a male prison and the more inbred areas of the Appalachias, plus a large dollop of Islam. I can't think of anything more repressive.

The British wrote of effeminate Afghans in Kandahar 150 years ago. It's only gotten more flagrant and apparently more perverse. Some of it is tribal - power, dominance, etc. But most of it is simply their culture.

Who cares? Not me. The women of Kabul were fairly Westernized before the Taliban and will likely come back from the burka when it is safe to do so. The Pashto tribe, on the other hand, has barely made it out of the stone age.

01-29-2010, 18:10	#14
Marina Guerrilla Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Tampa Posts: 138	Most of the young men have probably never seen a whole female outside their immediate family - let alone a nekked one. Pashto tolerance of "homo-sex" is something like what happens in a male prison and the more inbred areas of the Appalachias, plus a large dollop of Islam. I can't think of anything more repressive. The British wrote of effeminate Afghans in Kandahar 150 years ago. It's only gotten more flagrant and apparently more perverse. Some of it is tribal - power, dominance, etc. But most of it is simply their culture. Who cares? Not me. The women of Kabul were fairly Westernized before the Taliban and will likely come back from the burka when it is safe to do so. The Pashto tribe, on the other hand, has barely made it out of the stone age. Last edited by Marina; 01-29-2010 at 18:19.
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