And apparently always has been as referenced this passage set in 1945 from James Michener's Caravans:
"During my first days in Afghanistan I had noticed that whenever I saw a pair of these fierce tribesmen down from the hills, men who had probably killed in mountian ambush, one of the couple behaved in a very masculine manner while his partner was sure to have feminine traits. He walked in mincing steps, kept a handerchief in one hand, and carried a winter flower between his teeth. Usually the feminine partner wore a little rouge or eye makeup and always he walked holding the hand of his more rugged partner.
A further glance at the streets of Kabul explained why this was so. There were no women visible."
Remember right after 9/11 when photos of the 19 hijackers were posted, some FReepers commented that some of them looked like they had dark eye makeup on? ESPECIALLY MOHAMMED ATTA!
It took a while, but all this info is coming together to form a very ugly picture.
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