VIDEO: Frontline- The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan
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As the United States deepens its commitment to Afghanistan, FRONTLINE takes viewers inside the war-torn nation to reveal a disturbing practice that is once again flourishing in the country: the organized sexual abuse of adolescent […]
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I saw a documentation about it last year. It is quite cruel but the interesting part is that those “masters” don’t identify themselves as gay. Moreover sex between young men who are not married yet is also quite common in some areas of Afghanistan as women are considered to be “dirty”.
Heartbreaking. What a horrible way to live. Michael Luongo’s description did not allude to the horror of these man/boy transactions.
I don’t think he had quite this experience.
I was speaking broadly about the acceptance of sex between men and boys. I’m sure the strict separation of sexes contributes to this practice. In many ways this reminds of the culture in Thailand and SE Asia where child sex slavery is huge.
@toro – or the culture of the Boy Scouts, the Catholic Church..
good point…If I had a nickel for every pedophile I’ve met who worked with children as some form of counselor