According to a report from Business Wire, researchers have supposedly discovered that Generation Y workers (defined as ages 18-34) don’t think they should be free to tweet on the job.
The study finds that only 31% of “youth” workers (26% of women and 36% of men) believe they should be allowed to access and use social media while at work, while 38% believe that their work should not be able to view their social media activity. The 4500 respondents hail from the UK, Canada and …
As an American, the concept of honor killings seems very far away to me. However, it’s coming into the forefront as Fox News is reporting that the shootings of two Texas teenagers by their father in 2008 falls under that category. Despite Fox’s readiness to condemn Muslims out of hand, though, I think it’s worthwhile to look at the bigger picture, which the possibility of “honor killings” is just one part of.
On New Year’s Day 2008, two Texas teenagers Amina and Sarah Said were shot dead, their bloodied bodies left in a taxi cab. The alleged shooter: their father Yaser Said.
In fact, Sarah appears to identify her Dad as the murderer in a 9-11 call – her dying words.For more than two years the Fox News Reporting team has been following this story and the search for Yaser Said, who vanished the night of the murders.
Yeah, Said seems like a real gem. He married the girls’ mother Patricia when she was just fifteen, and their marriage was allegedly fraught with horribly violent abuse.
As if that isn’t creepy enough, he had an obsession with his video camera … and began secretly taping his daughters’ every moves as their status as American teenagers—and what that entails—became clear. He taped them walking the dog, on their computers, and getting into and out of the car. The sexual overtones are pretty hard to miss, such as zooming in on specific features and obsessing–vocally–over how pretty the girls are.
As is perhaps the most disturbing part of video footage obtained by Fox News. Basically, Said and a friend pretty much stalked his daughter Sarah while she was at work, noting that she was smiling too much and opening up conversations with customers. It’s obvious from comments caught on Said’s own video that Sarah is in big trouble.
Amina Said, who was with the two men, stood up for sister, explaining that being friendly and engaging in conversations with customers was part of Sarah’s job. Finally, Amina clearly becomes frustrated and makes a statement that’s absolutely chilling in light of what ended up happening to herself and her sister:
“Can we go, guys? I’m kind of tired. We can spy on Sarah another day.”
In any case like this, the obvious question is, “Why?” Much has been made over the fact that Yaser Said, originally from Egypt although he’s lived in the U.S. for nearly thirty years, is a Muslim.
If Yaser Said killed his daughters, what was his motive? His American wife Tissy claims he did so because their girls were dating boys that weren’t Muslim.
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The folks over at The Frisky recently posted a list in response to another stupid AskMen.com list. I guess those fine peeps produced “10 Cruel Things Women Do To Men” (told from a man’s perspective, natch), so they came up with a list of their own. Especially interesting about this list is the attempt to predict what a guy’s counterargument will be.
Pretty entertaining, really. Anyway, as you read through the list, ask yourself if you’ve ever done it (and if you’re a guy, I’d love your feedback on the proposed “Man Defense”). While this is meant to be hyperbolic, there are actually a lot of these that I’ve seen girls do (and a couple that I might sort of be guilty of myself).
1. Dissing And Telling. Women are not shy about complaining about sex. If it’s bad, we’ll whine to our bestie, the chick we share a cubicle with, our manicurist, the checkout lady at the drug store.
Man Defense: “Everyone knows it takes two to tango! What were you bringing to the party besides a sour puss, lady?”
You know, maybe I’m a sucker, but I’ve never really done this. I mean, I’ll be like, “Yeah, I slept with so-and-so last night” if it comes up in conversation, but I tend to avoid details, especially if it wasn’t great. What guy needs that sort of reputation floating around?
Funny story. Long time ago, one of my best friends fooled around with this guy and told me afterwards, “He kissed like a horse!” Well, a year or so later, the guy and I were hanging out and it was getting to be that kind of a moment. When he went to kiss me, all I could think about was Mr. Freaking Ed. Yeah, totally didn’t happen.
2. Use PMS As An Excuse To Be Bitchtastic. She picked a fight and now she’s sorry, so she’ll cleverly blame it on her Aunt Flo coming to visit. If it’s not around the same date every month, than it’s not a period—it’s BS.
Man Defense: “No matter what time of month it is, you can still apologize.”
I’ve totally used this one. A lot, actually. And the man defense is a valid point … even if you act like a total jerk (for whatever reason), there’s no reason not to apologize.
3. A Low Blow. When she first starts dating you, she might brag about your bulge. But beware, if you break her heart, she might start telling all the ladies your member needs a microscope.
Man Defense: “She didn’t complain last night! Hey-o!”
Speaking for myself, size doesn’t matter. The best I ever had was also the smallest. The worst I’ve had …
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