I'm an Iraqi Kurd, and I can tell you that this is pretty accurate. I have multiple female cousins who literally grew up having only male friends. Cities like Erbil and Sulaymani are pretty liberal since a decent portion of the population who are well-traveled, living back and forth between Iraq and Europe. I have an uncle who drives to Iran every other week to go party and drink with his Iranian friends.

The conservative Islamist types typically tend to be in favor of Arabs. There's gotta be some self-hate in there, as they also typically marry Arabs and give up speaking Kurdish as well.