made me giggle
Barbara Walters of television's 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 Kabuland observed that women still walk behind
their husbands. From Miss Walters 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.
Miss Walters approached one of the Afghani women and asked, 'Why do you
nowseem happy with an old custom that you once tried so desperately to
change?'
The woman looked Miss Walters straight in the eyes, and without
hesitation said,
'Land Mines.'
Kabul, Afghanistan several years before the Afghan conflict. She noted
that women customarily walked five paces behind their husbands.
She recently returned to Kabuland observed that women still walk behind
their husbands. From Miss Walters 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.
Miss Walters approached one of the Afghani women and asked, 'Why do you
nowseem happy with an old custom that you once tried so desperately to
change?'
The woman looked Miss Walters straight in the eyes, and without
hesitation said,
'Land Mines.'