# Muammar Gaddafi's female bodyguards **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 1, 2010, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muammar-gaddafis-female-bodyguards/530812 "2010-03-01T03:04:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![bardos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bardos/32/1069_2.png) [@bardos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bardos)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2011, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muammar-gaddafis-female-bodyguards/530812/21 "2011-12-21T10:21:52Z")
> [@clairobscur](#): > > If it was the same case I heard about, she wasn’t a bodyguard, but on the other hand, the actual bodyguards were the ones in charge of preparing her (for instance teaching her how to dance, providing sexy lingerie, etc…), telling her what she was supposed to do, watching over her, etc… That’s the one I was reading, yes. Hey, absolute power corrupts absolutely is not just a catch-phrase. Now take this out to the limits for any ordinary man. To my subjective way of thinking, it would be extremely weird to learn that an absolute dictator (masculine variety) did _not_ abuse his rank to obtain sexual pleasure and live a non-monogamous lifestyle. ---
**Author:** ![Walther\_Ego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Walther\_Ego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walther_Ego)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2011, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muammar-gaddafis-female-bodyguards/530812/22 "2011-12-21T10:28:22Z")
Raping a bodyguard sounds extremely unwise. ---
**Author:** ![Apollo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/41988e/32.png) [@Apollo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apollo)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2011, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muammar-gaddafis-female-bodyguards/530812/23 "2011-12-21T12:53:23Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > Zombie thread revived to ask: so where were Gaddafi’s bodyguards when he was overthrown and killed? What’s happened to them? [Gaddafi’s Female Bodyguards Found Murdered](http://www.chinasmack.com/2011/pictures/gaddafi-female-bodyguards-found-murdered-chinese-reactions.html) NSFW pictures ---
**Author:** ![jovan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/0ea827/32.png) [@jovan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jovan)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2011, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muammar-gaddafis-female-bodyguards/530812/24 "2011-12-21T13:16:32Z")
> [@clairobscur](#): > > If it was the same case I heard about, she wasn’t a bodyguard, but on the other hand, the actual bodyguards were the ones in charge of preparing her (for instance teaching her how to dance, providing sexy lingerie, etc…), telling her what she was supposed to do, watching over her, etc… I read an article in Le Monde about a woman who claims she ran away from his harem. According to her, he would disguise his sex slaves as bodyguards when he was traveling out of the country. There were given very basic weapon training so that they would not look like complete fools, but they were not expected to do any protection. The real bodyguards wore different uniforms. The article is pretty harrowing. Unfortunately, it looks like it’s been moved behind a paywall: [Esclave sexuelle de Kadhafi](http://www.lemonde.fr/cgi-bin/ACHATS/acheter.cgi?offre=ARCHIVES&type_item=ART_ARCH_30J&objet_id=1173969) ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2011, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muammar-gaddafis-female-bodyguards/530812/25 "2011-12-21T14:57:26Z")
BMax: > [@](#): > > What I’m wondering is: With Kim Jung Il and Muammar Khadaffi now dead, are there any James-Bond-villain-type heads of state left on earth? Or are they all boring old men and women? We’ve still got Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmedinejad. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2011, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muammar-gaddafis-female-bodyguards/530812/26 "2011-12-21T15:04:39Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > We’ve still got Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmedinejad. Does he have any Bond-villain level eccentricities? I don’t think not wearing a tie really counts. ---
**Author:** ![Teacake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Teacake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teacake)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2011, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muammar-gaddafis-female-bodyguards/530812/27 "2011-12-21T20:21:38Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > Beautiful bimbos > [@astro](#): > > I also wouldn’t be betting any sizeable sums that they are particularly or exclusively interested in men. Nice. If they’re good-looking, they must be stupid sex objects. If they’re actually bodyguards, they must be lesbians. Fighting ignorance indeed. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muammar-gaddafis-female-bodyguards/530812/28 "2011-12-22T01:20:46Z")
> [@Teacake](#): > > Nice. If they’re good-looking, they must be stupid sex objects. If they’re actually bodyguards, they must be lesbians. Fighting ignorance indeed. The latter perhaps not, but the former does make it pretty difficult to be effective at such a career, if you go by the usual western standards that small is beautiful. I know I’d rather have some pretty hefty guards. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muammar-gaddafis-female-bodyguards/530812/29 "2011-12-22T01:45:42Z")
Simplico: > [@](#): > > Does he have any Bond-villain level eccentricities? A disconnection from reality and seeking nuclear weapons are no longer enough? ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muammar-gaddafis-female-bodyguards/530812/30 "2011-12-22T02:56:08Z")
Not since “Thunderball.” ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muammar-gaddafis-female-bodyguards/530812/31 "2011-12-22T03:15:23Z")
> [@BMax](#): > > Good question. What I’m wondering is: With Kim Jung Il and Muammar Khadaffi now dead, are there any James-Bond-villain-type heads of state left on earth? Or are they all boring old men and women? Perhaps Vladimir Putin, who in [these pictures](http://www.funnyordie.com/slideshows/7df05c1f10/pictures-of-vladimir-putin-looking-like-a-complete-badass) looks like he’s trying to give the Most Interesting Man in the World a run for his money. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muammar-gaddafis-female-bodyguards/530812/32 "2011-12-22T07:04:23Z")
Throughout history, a large number of rulers have been assassinated/overthrown by coups led by the men in their bodyguards or trusted assistants. Perhaps Gadaffi thought this was less likely with an all-female group? Especially likely to seem logical to someone from a somewhat sexist society. ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muammar-gaddafis-female-bodyguards/530812/33 "2011-12-23T17:36:43Z")
> [@jovan](#): > > I read an article in Le Monde about a woman who claims she ran away from his harem. According to her, he would disguise his sex slaves as bodyguards when he was traveling out of the country. There were given very basic weapon training so that they would not look like complete fools, but they were not expected to do any protection. The real bodyguards wore different uniforms. The article is pretty harrowing. Unfortunately, it looks like it’s been moved behind a paywall: [Esclave sexuelle de Kadhafi](http://www.lemonde.fr/cgi-bin/ACHATS/acheter.cgi?offre=ARCHIVES&type_item=ART_ARCH_30J&objet_id=1173969) I have no cite, but I would not be stunned with surprise if the article was totally accurate. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muammar-gaddafis-female-bodyguards/530812/34 "2011-12-23T22:21:28Z")
> [@bardos](#): > > …To my subjective way of thinking, it would be extremely weird to learn that an absolute dictator (masculine variety) did _not_ abuse his rank to obtain sexual pleasure and live a non-monogamous lifestyle. From all I’ve read, Hitler, Lenin, Stalin and Pol Pot didn’t. Mao, however, did. ---
**Author:** ![merrick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58956e/32.png) [@merrick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/merrick)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muammar-gaddafis-female-bodyguards/530812/35 "2011-12-23T22:49:04Z")
The Google ads at the bottom of this thread are currently displaying: “Pretty Women From Russia” “Ship to Libya” and something about life insurance. A little behind the times, but slightly creepy none the less. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muammar-gaddafis-female-bodyguards/530812/36 "2014-01-28T19:14:27Z")
Zombie thread re-revived because even in death Gaddafi’s Bond-villain antics keep surfacing, like old coffins out of a bog-soaked graveyard. [Gaddafi’s Sex Dungeons Revealed](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2545819/Uncovered-The-macabre-sex-chamber-Libyas-Colonel-Gaddafi-raped-girls-boys-young-14.html) ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muammar-gaddafis-female-bodyguards/530812/37 "2014-01-28T19:34:18Z")
> [@Walther\_Ego](#): > > Raping a bodyguard sounds extremely unwise. They say that several Roman emperors met their demise because they pissed off the Praetorian Guard. So yeah, you really want to stay on your bodyguards’ good side. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muammar-gaddafis-female-bodyguards/530812.md?page=1)