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2009). At the time of interview, many of these powerful men have showed loving and caring
emotions towards these boys kept as slaves and these boys have no other option apart from
acting in front of the interviewers that they enjoy dancing and are in a happy state in their
individual lives. The young male children observe the glamour and lifestyle of these children and
receive in a wrong way that the dancers are happy in their lives and this is socially acceptable. In
Spite of existence of legal laws against these activities. The laws are of no use as few of the local
officials support these activities or are present at the time of event (Jenks et al, 2016). Due to
presence of corruption in the country, the courts are unable to fight against the owners of these
children or act against these illegal activities and provide justice to the dancing boys.
2.2. Sexual exploitation of male children in Afghanistan
In a country like Afghanistan where the rich and powerful men are allowed to keep the
teenage boys as their captives and demand sexual favors and entertainment from them, the men
cannot look at the women of the country unless they enter into a marriage contract with them.
Maximum of the citizens of Afghanistan considered the practice of Bacha-Bazi to be normal and
happily accepted the activities associated with Bacha-Bazi (Jones & S.V. 2010). The believers of
the Bacha-Bazi thinks that the boys who are treated as slaves actually deserves such a life style
as they must be lacking in many of the things to be treated in such a way. The rich and powerful
men considered themselves to be superior. It is considered in a country like Afghanistan that the
teenage boys who are being treated as slaves or are demanded sexual favors from must have
shown some signs of weakness to be treated like one. It is considered that the teenage boys must
have provoked the rich and powerful men to sexually abuse them and treat them as slaves for
their entire life time. The process of Bacha-Bazi started to become a normal process with the
thinking of the owners of these slaves. The owners started to normalize this process by thinking
that they actually develop a soft corner for these teenage boys and keep them as their captives for
the entire life. The powerful and rich people who are called the owners of the teenage dancing
boys in Afghanistan used to feel offended if any outsider or traveler called them homosexuals
“Bacha-Berish”. Sexual violence is harmful and can be a problematic issue for the entire life
time whether for a girl or a boy. The thinking of Afghanistan people has accepted the practice of
Bacha-Bazi as it portrayed the male dominated side of the culture. A pattern of rape can be
described as collective rape. These patterns of rapes taking lace would consist of the members
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from similar groups, committing multiple rapes at different time (Sivakumaran& S. 2010). The
homosexual rape occurring in Afghanistan can be accurately described as collective rape. The
activities involved in a phenomenon like Bacha-Bazi can be perfectly termed as a collective rape.
Countries which are absolutely slashed after a war or countries experiencing ample amount of
disputes generally face collective rape. The reason for Afghanistan facing collective rape is same
as mentioned. Apart from the reasons mentioned, there are several other reasons for existence of
Bacha-Bazi in Afghanistan. The silence and tolerance attitude of the teenage boys gives
permission to the powerful and rich men of Afghanistan to take their advantage and treat them as
slaves and term them as victims for their entire life time. Increase level of rapes taking place in
whole of Afghanistan allows the men of Afghanistan to continue the practice of Bacha-Bazi. The
powerful men of Afghanistan seem to exist with high rank in the society whereas the dancing
boys are considered to exist with very minimal or no rank at all. Moreover, in case of a collective
rape, the silence of the victim is ensured (Boothby & N 2008). There is a continuous pressure on
the afghan community in order to continue the activities involved with Bacha-Bazi. The
activities involved with Bacha-Bazi are often mistaken as a brotherly and healthy celebration
held by the men of Afghanistan. The local governing bodies of Afghanistan are unable to end the
activities associated with Bacha-Bazi. The police forces are also likely to act in the same way as
the other governing bodies of Afghanistan due to the presence and association of several
politicians as well as police officers with Bacha-Bazi. The governing bodies or the local police of
Afghanistan might also be a part of the various processes involved in Bacha-Bazi like buying
and selling the dancing boys as well as their prostitution. After all the activities are associated
with all the high rank people of Afghanistan. None of the officials can challenge the owners of
these teenage dancing boys as men those who have attended the event of Bacha-Bazi would be
charged for collaboration. The governing bodies as well as the local police officers of
Afghanistan collaborate with the owners and allow them to continue the practice of Bacha-Bazi
without any obstacle coming their way. The young boys of Afghanistan are made to dress as
women and then are asked to perform in front of multiple men at private locations. Compared to
Pakistan and Iran, level of Bacha-Bazi is way more extensive in Afghanistan. Dealing of young
boys has reached to the maximum level in Afghanistan. Many army generals as well as
commanders are also involved in the practice of Bacha-Bazi and making the way for such a
practice to become a national shame. The male children of Afghanistan are often sexually abused