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| Dubai and rape: French youth tells his story |
| 2007-11-05 |
| Posted by:anonymous5089 |
| #8 "Ko said violent rape was common" "Ko... who described himself as a 'queen,' said that his effeminate walk and tight clothes frequently attracted censure from police officers and labor and immigration officials, who would demand sex in exchange for not filing criminal charges or for issuing a work permit. He cut his shoulder-length hair to avoid attention, he said, but after years of living in fear of jail or deportation, he is selling his businesses and is leaving the country." Note that this dubious witness has apparently NEVER reported a violent rape and is "living in fear of jail or deportation", NOT living in fear of violent rape. |
| Posted by: Darrell 2007-11-05 15:49 |
| #7 "Men convicted of sexually assaulting other men usually serve sentences ranging from a few months to two years, legal experts here say." Well, apparently it IS a crime, Zenster, albeit a lightly-punished one. "this means that homosexual activity is conceivably rather widespread" Make up your mind, Zenster, is it "rampant" or merely "conceivably" rather widespread? |
| Posted by: Darrell 2007-11-05 15:41 |
| #6 And boys don't count either -- but I can't parse that one. Preadolescent boys who are without body hair are not classified as men and consequently any sexual activity with them supposedly does not count towards homosexual behavior between "men". These sort of mental and syntactical gymnastics epitomize the circuitous definitions by which Muslims ostensibly maintain their much-vaunted Islamic "purity". |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-11-05 14:05 |
| #5 As women have said for some time, rape is primarily about asserting power and only secondarily sexual. Nowhere do I dispute that. Rape has nothing to do with sex, save for the rapist and even that is debatable. My point is that if violent rape is common in a region where access to women is almost prohibitively restricted then—other than spousal rape or assaults on foreign women—homosexual rape must be the predominant form of it. Muslim denials notwithstanding, this means that homosexual activity is conceivably rather widespread. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-11-05 14:01 |
| #4 As far as the Arabs are concerned, Mr. Wife has said, only the one on the receiving end is considered to be acting as a homosexual. (Yes, I understand that one, Nimble Spemble -- I'm only mostly hopeless!) The other guy is just doing what men do with an orifice. And boys don't count either -- but I can't parse that one. Mr. Wife did not enjoy Saudi Arabia. And he didn't even get paid extra for it. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-11-05 12:52 |
| #3 That last part is not a contradiction, Zen. As women have said for some time, rape is primarily about asserting power and only secondarily sexual. |
| Posted by: lotp 2007-11-05 12:05 |
| #2 The authorities not only discouraged Alex from pressing charges, he says; they have left open the possibility of charging Alex with criminal homosexual activity, and neglected to inform him or his parents that one of his attackers had tested HIV positive while in prison four years earlier. So, this wasn't just rape but attempted murder. Ko said violent rape was common Yet, homosexuality is not rampant in the Arab world. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-11-05 11:51 |
| #1 United Arab Emirates law does not recognize rape of males, only a crime called "forced homosexuality." Ah yes another wonderful Muslim country |
| Posted by: Icerigger 2007-11-05 11:33 |