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(I stole this from Niya Blake on another forum because I thought it was awesome!)
A point of view ... 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 Kabul and 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 now seem 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.'
A point of view ... 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 Kabul and 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 now seem 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.'