warkadang:

warkadang:

I told you guys about that “Pashtun Sexuality” report which was meant for U.S. soldiers so they could be “wary” of Pashtun men, who were portrayed as pedophilic and homosexual predators. Not only do other Afghans stereotype Pashtuns, but Westerners do it too, and soldiers of any race. 

Literally anything Pashtun men do is interpreted as them being homosexual predators:

As HTT has observed with
frequency while on patrols in Helmand and Kandahar provinces, these men are outwardly
affectionate toward both one another and male ISAF members, are extremely gentle in their
demeanor and touch, and have often taken great care in embellishing their personal appearance
with fingernails dyed red, hair and beards hennaed in careful patterns, and eyes very occasionally
subtly outlined. 

And here comes the “be wary of the gay Pashtuns” part:

In Baghram, British Marines returning from an operation deep in the Afghan
mountains spoke last night of an alarming new threat—being propositioned by
swarms of gay local farmers. An Arbroath Marine, James Fletcher, said: ’They
were more terrifying than the al-Qaeda. One bloke who had painted toenails was
offering to paint ours. They go about hand in hand, mincing around the village.’
While the Marines failed to find any al-Qaeda during the seven-day Operation
Condor, they were propositioned by dozens of men in villages the troops were
ordered to search.

These are excerpts from the report here. 

Just so you know, a lot of Pashtun and Pashai men adorn their hands with henna, their eyes with kohl and dye their beards (it’s sunnah). They embellish their rifles and pakols with flowers, which they have been doing for centuries. Straight men and gay men alike.