GIANT S***HOLE UNCOVERED IN WASHINGTON DC
Posted on 01/22/2018 2:29:34 AM PST by markomalley
The State Department announced a new $600,000 taxpayer-funded study that suggests "ideals of masculinity" in Kenya are contributing to terrorism.
The department's Bureau of Counterterrorism is seeking a nonprofit group to "explore gender identities of boys and men in Kenya." The grant proposal states that men being "tough, heterosexual, aggressive, unemotional, and achieving" can make them vulnerable to joining Islamic extremist groups.
"Gender is increasingly recognized as an essential aspect to understanding and countering violent extremism throughout the world," the State Department said. "To date, research and interventions on gender in Kenya have predominantly focused on the role of women and girls in violent extremism. However, men and boys are disproportionately recruited by and join terrorist groups and carry out terrorist operations. In Kenya, there currently exists no CVE [countering violent extremism] programming dedicated to the role of gender of boys and men and vulnerability to violent extremism."
To remedy this, the State Department will spend up to $592,500 on the "Masculinity and Violent Extremism" study, which will be awarded to an American nonprofit or nongovernmental organization later this year.
The study will "determine existing knowledge and gaps on male gender and violent extremism as well as explore gender identities of boys and men in Kenya."
The grant proposal blames Kenya's "patriarchal" society of "tough, heterosexual" men for problems facing the developing country.
"In Kenya, boys and men are disproportionately recruited by al-Shabaab and more likely to be both operators and victims of terrorist acts," the State Department said. "Kenyan society, while diverse in its ethnic and cultural composition, is uniformly patriarchal and highly prescriptive of gender expressions and identities."
"Kenyan males are expected to head the household as well as provide for, protect, and maintain the family," the department continued. "Socially, males are expected to be tough, heterosexual, aggressive, unemotional, and achieving. The practical and social pressures to fulfill these expectations can be immense and create vulnerabilities that are exploited by violent extremist groups who appeal to these characteristics and offer the opportunity to fulfil [sic] these roles."
The State Department added that the research would involve fathers and community leaders in Kenya in the hopes to "shape existing cultural narratives on masculinity, gender, and violent extremism."
"Funds will support male-to-male dialogue and training on issues of gender and encourage stronger social and familial support structures," the department said.
Either Tillerson needs to get this kind of crap under control, or POTUS needs to replace him with somebody who can.
Until the day comes when the people go downtown and yank these jerks outta office,SOS different day.
see this is the kinda BS that just chaps my hide.
Doesn'r anyone ever ask that kind of question ?
Somebody is getting a kickback somewhere with this crap.
Seeing my pay stub deductions, then this, warms my heart in this cold winter.
/s /s /s (I know not necessary, but just to be safe)
One of BHO relatives — splitting the dough with him? A little here a little there !
It does not require that much money to examine sh!the@d obama’s records.
I bet some people from that NGO and in Kenia will het rich of this. Who did we have from Kenia in government recently?
GIANT S***HOLE UNCOVERED IN WASHINGTON DC
Trump only needs to cut 15% and the Feds run cash flow positive.
Pray the shutdown lasts months
Drain the Swamp
Well Duh!
In the entire world, including the USA boys and men are disproportionately attracted to, and recruited by, military and quasi-military organizations.
Only Pussy-Hatters and other liberals and fools pretend that there are no significant physical and psychological differences between men and women.
The Left is evil, and they’ve infiltrated most of the federal government.
You are correct. That is just money to a fellow thief. There is no study. The study title is used to launder money.
And let’s see what loon think tank with preconceived anti-male conclusions will receive this grant?
So if I’m reading this right, their thinking is that if these men were more effeminate there would be less terrorism?
That there’s too much testosterone and that’s driving their wanting to join ISIS.
$600K for a bunch of “intellectual” gay tourists to run around Africa asking “So. Why aren’t you gay? Have you ever tried it?”
Well, we already know one Kenyan boy who grew up to like biting the pillow.
It does mean that they are also confused about Obama.
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