Afghanistan and Masculanity

Krishnendu, thanks for that excellent piece on Afghanistan,

A quick reflection on the article: The article looks at the present context
of the sanctions against Afghanistan and the impact they have had on the
perceptions of the people on other cultures.  The feeling of anger at the
world leads to resentment and hatred, and when people and leaders feel
powerless they look for the most obnoxious ways to get attention.  Its like
the issue of masculinity and violence amongst working class youths:
powerlessness leads to expressions that the middle class feels to be
offensive (of course, the masculinity in the hands of the rich is rarely
analyzed).

It would be a nice comparison to take the cultural expressions of inner city
youths and compare them to repressed populations in other contexts, one from
"internal colonialism" and the other from "external colonialism" (except
using better concepts).

Khaldoun