Barbara Walters, of 20/20, did a story on
gender roles in Kabul, Afghanistan, several years
before the Afghan conflict.
She noted that women customarily walked five paces behind their
husbands. She recently returned to Kabul and observed that women
still walk behind their husbands. Despite the
overthrow of the oppressive Taliban regime, the women now
seem to, and are happy to, maintain the old custom.
Ms. Walters approached one of the Afghani
women and asked, 'Why do you now seem happy with an
old custom that you once tried so desperately to change?'
The woman looked Ms. Walters straight in the eyes, and
without hesitation said, 'Land Mines.'
Moral of the story is (no matter what language
you speak or where you go):
BEHIND EVERY MAN, THERE'S A
VERY SMART WOMAN
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- Humour
- behind every man
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