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 SMART
WOMAN!
