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Mandate My Ass

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Wed Jan-19-05 02:44 PM
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4. Their culture is much, much different than ours

Talk of prison sex is just fodder for jokes here, as are most sexual situations, but the Iraqi concepts of nudity, sexuality, rape and homosexuality are vastly different than ours. This is a culture that forbids pornography and strongly promotes modesty in all things dealing with the body and intimacy. Just being seen naked by a female soldier would be considered an outrage.

An Iraqi American described these pictures and those who faced that situation as having suffered a grievous blow to their concept of masculinity, as well as an insult to their god and country.

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