Drinking Soda with a Straw and Other Feminine Norms in Jordan

By lauraw on February 22, 2011

I was handed a very narrow can and a bendy straw. I knew the soda was Pepsi–that was the easy part. The hard part was trying to open the can. It seemed to be a normal pop tab, where you flip it and push, but was not. Instead I grabbed the tab and waited. I