Smart Women
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 5 paces behind their husbands. She
recently returned to Kabul and observed that women still walk behind
their husbands.
From Ms. Walter'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. :wink:
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There ya go! :P 