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Barbara Walters of 20/20 (USA-ABC Television) did a story on gender roles in
Kabul, Afghanistan, several years before the Afghan conflict.
She recently returned to Kabul and observed that women still walk behind
their
husbands. From Ms. Walters's vantage point, despite the overthrow of the
oppressive Taliban regime, the women now seem to walk even further back
behind
their husbands 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 the 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: BEHIND EVERY MAN IS A SMART WOMAN
She noted that women customarily walked 5 paces behind their husbands.
Kabul, Afghanistan, several years before the Afghan conflict.
She recently returned to Kabul and observed that women still walk behind
their
husbands. From Ms. Walters's vantage point, despite the overthrow of the
oppressive Taliban regime, the women now seem to walk even further back
behind
their husbands 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 the 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: BEHIND EVERY MAN IS A SMART WOMAN
She noted that women customarily walked 5 paces behind their husbands.