[Jane C.]

The Prophet Mohammad said that the believing woman should dress and behave modestly in the presence of the believing man – and that the believing man should dress and behave modestly in the presence of the believing woman. Most of the strictures that the Taliban (and other fundamentalist countries like Saudi Arabia) impose on women are either based on pre-Islamic tribal practices or (such as the burqa) based on laws the wives of the Prophet had to obey, not ordinary Muslim women. Like the anti-choice fundamentalist Christian movement, this has much more to do with men controlling women than it does with religion.

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Name : Jane C., Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Lesbian, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Atheist, Age : 34, City : Edinburgh, State : NA, Country : United Kingdom, Occupation : Writer, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

[Jane C.]

I don’t know why other lesbians do or don’t wear make-up: if boyfriends/husbands are a factor in straight women wearing make-up, maybe that’s why lesbians tend not to – we don’t have to unless we want to. Can I ask the straight women a question – do you ever feel pressured by your boyfriend/husband to wear make-up when you don’t really want to? I don’t because I don’t like the feel on my skin. I generally don’t like visible make-up on a woman, especially not lipstick, because I like to kiss and I don’t like the feel of make-up on my mouth!

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Name : Jane C., Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Lesbian, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Atheist, Age : 34, City : Edinburgh, State : NA, Country : United Kingdom, Occupation : Writer, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

[Jane C.]

Did you deserve it? – No. No one who died that day, or who lost friends or family, deserved those horrors – no one who lived in New York deserved to see the centre of their city shattered like that. I have total admiration for Rudi Guilani and other New Yorkers who have pulled together in the face of such a tragicatastrophe. Should you have seen it coming? – Yes, possibly. Not the attack itself – I don’t think anyone could have foreseen that 4 people (or more – but they seem to think now only the pilots were definitely volunteers for suicide) could have been willing to kill themselves and take up to ten thousand people with them. But that there exist people in the Middle East who have justifiable reasons to hate the US government for what it has done to their countries – the despotic regimes propped up and the arms sold, while the US talks about democracy and freedom – that, the American people should have been more aware of. What should you do about it? – You should never have bombed Afghanistan. Not helpful, but true: killing innocent civilians by dozens (at least) in direct raids, and possibly by millions because aid cannot get through under the bombing, will not do anything to lessen the threat of terrorism. You could write to your Representative or your Senator (or your President) and tell him (or her) that bombing Afghanistan isn’t making you any safer. I don’t think that will do any good now, though – things have gone bad and will get worse. You could support RAWA (www.rawa.org), you could donate to UNICEF, you could learn more about American foreign policy from the point of view of non-Americans. But no, you did not deserve what happened on September 11th. No more than the people of Afghanistan deserved what happened to them on October 7th and is still happening now.

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