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...have we really achieved such equality? Although movies, porn, music, fashion, and glossy magazines fixate on the sexualized woman, giving advice on how to be more attractive, how to give great blow jobs, and how to be good in bed, sexuality and sexual pleasure are still defined on male terms: Sex is over when the man ejaculates; blow jobs are less gross than “carpet munching;” and sexually experienced men are virile, whereas experienced women are sluts. Under such slanted expectations and double standards, women are seen not as autonomous sexual actors but as passive...

Author: By Lea H. Broh and Jenna M. Mellor | Title: Let’s Talk About Sex, Baby | 5/4/2007 | See Source »

...married and that she was better off becoming a martyr. A surveillance camera at Erez checkpoint captured al-Biss's anguish and desperation when her suicide belt failed to go off. Later, crying, she told journalists, "Maybe I have been used" by the recruiters. Al-Biss intended to blow up the very doctors and nurses who had been treating her burns...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Palestinian Moms Becoming Martyrs | 5/3/2007 | See Source »

...intelligence believes women receive far less training and preparation for their suicide missions than do men, ranging from weeks to days; on several occasions, would-be female terrorists refused at the last second to trigger the explosives. Berko says, "One woman prisoner told me how she was supposed to blow herself up in a crowd of Israelis but saw a woman pushing a baby in a carriage. That baby reminded her of her nephew, and she couldn't go through with it." Only by building on such brief moments of humanity can Israel and the Palestinians ever overcome the enmities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Palestinian Moms Becoming Martyrs | 5/3/2007 | See Source »

...Baghdadi and al-Masri have both been killed this week, that would certainly be a big blow to al-Qaeda. But it would not be a coup de grace. Al-Qaeda has shrugged off the death of even more important figures, including al-Zarqawi. At best, there will be a short pause while the group recalibrates itself under a new leader...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Iraq, Three "Deaths" But One Body | 5/3/2007 | See Source »

...starts to fall apart,” he says.Ogunnaike also attributes his strong academic performance to drumming.“Any musical practice sharpens your mind and provides you with mental discipline,” he says. “It’s also an amazing way to blow off stress, and banging on drum is more productive than punching walls or other crazy things.”Ogunnaike says he hopes that everyone has the opportunity to experience drumming, regardless of musical ability.“If you say ‘I don’t have...

Author: By Victoria D. Sung, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Oludamini D. Ogunnaike '07 | 5/2/2007 | See Source »

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