U.S. Soldiers Told to Ignore Afghan Allies’ Abuse of Boys

Lethn · 2015-09-20T19:20:54+00:00

Stuff like this is exactly the reason why the Men's Rights Movement needs to exist. Society literaly couldn't care less about the well being of boys and men.

Jacobtk · 2015-09-21T01:19:54+00:00

I have written about this for years. Not only has the United States government ignored it, but so have the Canadian and British governments. The part I found most disgusting was the government changing the Army field manual to restrict soldiers from criticizing the acts. So not only are they not allowed stop child rape, they are prevented from even saying it is wrong.

As if it were not enough that we ignore child rape, we are giving money to the rapists to get their help in fighting the Taliban and the like, which they fail to do. At this point, we are simply funding child rapists for no apparent reason other than doing it.

Meanwhile, the boys raped by these people face cultural shame and humiliation, with virtually no support network and little outside concern. While I doubt there would be much difference if the victims were girls, it certainly would have received far more attention than the handful of articles over the last 15 years.

fuckin_bubbles · 2015-09-20T23:43:56+00:00

This is why Boko Harem slaughters thousands of boys and all we hear about is girls kidnapped. Bill Maher tries to start a dialogue on boys falling behind in education and the studio goes dead silent. Feminism decreed that boys and men don't matter cause the patriarchy and western society shrugged their shoulders and just internalized this outrageous lie. The brainwashing is so deep its going to take a long time to wake people up.

unklestinky · 2015-09-21T05:03:47+00:00

I am just going to throw this right here.

https://np.reddit.com/r/Feminism/comments/3lpqfd/us_soldiers_in_afghanistan_were_told_not_to/

Notice when an article title explicitly states that it is about boys feminists must choose to editorialize the headline.

thrway_1000 · 2015-09-20T18:40:20+00:00

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ChaosOpen · 2015-09-20T20:03:28+00:00

This happened during WWII as well, the US and Britain had to ignore the Soviet Unions obvious short-comings.

kellast · 2015-09-21T00:44:48+00:00

Man love Thursday gotta love it

ABC_Florida · 2015-09-21T01:44:59+00:00

TBF those s-bags perpetrating these acts aren't picky. Boy, girl, goat doesn't matter to them.

raxical · 2015-09-21T04:40:40+00:00

Ya. How about we just ignore Afghanistan?

ARedthorn · 2015-09-21T04:49:03+00:00

And that would be the end of my military career right there if I had one.

Imnotmrabut · 2015-09-21T11:55:55+00:00

This is horrific. Can you imagine if they sat by and ignored the squeals of little girls being raped...there would be a lynch mob demanding their scalps led by Hillary Clinton crying about the "misogyny".

mariox19 · 2015-09-21T13:51:15+00:00

If the Afganis want to forbid girls from going to school, that aspect of their culture is an "outrage." If they want to fuck their boys though, that part of their culture requires we be "sensitive."

cmumford · 2015-09-21T14:42:47+00:00

I like how this appeared on /r/feminism - except the word "boys" was switched to "children", without notice or objection by any commenter. Bias in action!

https://www.reddit.com/r/Feminism/comments/3lpqfd/us_soldiers_in_afghanistan_were_told_not_to/

Time4ChangeNowPlease · 2015-09-23T03:08:58+00:00

Be it so. This burning of widows is your custom; prepare the funeral pile. But my nation has also a custom. When men burn women alive we hang them, and confiscate all their property. My carpenters shall therefore erect gibbets on which to hang all concerned when the widow is consumed. Let us all act according to national customs.

Sir Charles James Napier (10 August 1782 – 29 August 1853), British general and Commander-in-Chief in India.

baserace · 2015-09-21T02:10:51+00:00

Horrible, but tremendous to see this getting such mainstream coverage.

Jacobtk · 2015-09-20T22:42:48+00:00

This is why I hate Obama. He's the commander and chief we just removed the Taliban. Have some fucking balls and tell these assholes they're not alower to rape children. Anymore.

DaneWhitman · 2015-09-20T19:39:16+00:00

It really needs to be the end of the military career of anyone involved in aiding and abetting this.

Jacobtk · 2015-09-21T02:06:36+00:00

I watched a documentary on this topic, called "The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan." Here's a link The boys who engaged in these sexual relationships didn't seem to show signs of serious psychological distress. A lot of the emotional trauma purportedly caused by adult-child sex relationships is going to be influenced by the culture in which it takes place. So, since it's more culturally acceptable for these relationships to take place in Afghanistan, it makes sense that the children don't suffer severe psychological problems from it.

Some of you might object and say that it's always wrong because "children can't consent," but think of it this way: We currently live in a country where boys as young as 5 are being signed up and encouraged to play tackle football, despite continuously released evidence of the severe brain damage it causes. Can a child make a fully informed decision to play football? No, of course not, but kids are still being signed up for it. Many kids from poorer backgrounds rely on recognition from playing football in order to gain acceptance or scholarships to colleges or respectable high schools, thus further encouraging children to pursue this demonstrably harmful sport. In many ways, giving a poor kid a scholarship for playing football is no different than Afghanistan men paying boys to have sex with them.

And if you think adult-child sex is always harmful, just look at Ancient Greece and Rome. They did it all the time and we have no records of children claiming to experience emotional trauma when they reached adulthood as a result of the sex.

Title	U.S. Soldiers Told to Ignore Afghan Allies’ Abuse of Boys
Author	Imnotmrabut
Upvotes	54
Comments	43
Date	September 20, 2015 6:31 PM UTC (10 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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