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Patricia Malek commented on Evan Wright on Generation Kill on December 28, 2008, 4:31 PM
You wrote that Afghan soldiers seemed to enjoy watching young boys dance, and quoted them as saying, "Women are for marriage. Men are for love." You say that "Traditional Kandahar love songs frequently revolve around themes of love and flirtation between a boy and a man." (Both quotes are from your July 2002 article in Rolling Stone entitled, "Not much war, but plenty of hell.") My literary journalism class is studying several of your articles. Are you making a statement about the Afghan culture, about Afghan men and their sexual practices, in these quotes? It seems like a bold statement to make. Has it caused you any trouble?