Pretty little boys (catamites)
In Muslim societies women are kept covered in burkhas, so the prettiest things that most unmarried Muslim men ever see are beardless pre-pubescent boys. Beardless boys are not regarded as male, so sex with them is not considered as homosexuality as it is between adult men. Being beardless means that they’re classed as female (’catamites’) under sharia law.
I’ll e darned—I did not know that.
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