About whether "pederasty" is endemic to Muslim cultures... has it ever occurred to anyone (probably, but rhetoricism helps for emphasis) that maybe "boys" (more likely young homosexuals and trannies) perform function for the most wide-spread "vice" (extra-marital sex) in Islamic cultures that in others (e.g. the British) prostitutes perform for the simple reason that these cultures have great difficulty in accepting that status for women?  
 
Quite a few of those cultures keep women in movable tents even when they are married or somebody's virgin daughter or sister. I know that in the Ottoman culture, they had great difficulty even accepting female theater performers in the 19th century, so most of those that were around were of Armenian, Greek or "donmeh" origin. 
 
Some data could help here. 
 
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Another entirely unrelated thing which could also use the aid of statistics: the legal status of women in courts. Sharia courts accept two female witnesses for every one male witness.  
 
Has anyone checked, cross-culturally, the frequency and variability of cases involved what could be termed cases of "misrepresentation" or "fraud." We expect most violent crimes to be committed by males, but few people these days would stand up and say (even if it were fully backed by data) "the majority of cases involving accomplices or alleged-witnesses lying involve females." 
 
This is just a hunch, based on human nature and its tendencies. Don't shout me down with accusations of "sexism."

A probably rude and not Razib-worthy comment - from a man living somewhere in the Muslim world, as an atheist agnostic: if the Muzzy dimwits don't like it in the West, they should just get the fuck outa there, period. I am ready to trade my slot in the cultural quagmire (of Muzzy and seriously fuzzy logic) for theirs, and I am ready to sign a contract that denies me - or my future offspring - any "public" (i.e. tax-driven, subsidy-based) service throughout my entire life. I'll settle for a hut somewhere in Arizona, whose rent I'll pay myself. The "science cult" is my cult, and the libraries are reason enough for me to live there. 
 
[i understand and sympathize with the sentiments, but yeah, the comment was borderline in terms of value added. the point is that asserting that 'diversity isn't always strength' really isn't adding anything to the discussion on this blog, we just aren't the normal conformist retards, so give it a rest. the blog has been around for 5 years now so that is one thing newbies need to understand: your shocking thoughts are often quite yawn-inducing. that said, if you live in a muslim country your having to get stuff off your chest is understandeable, so i'll let that comment stand.... 
 
-razib]

I believe the movie achieved its intended impact. See the lively discussion on YouTube (note the comment count): 
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDiUG52ZyHQ