WOMEN WHO KNOW THEIR PLACE
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 Afghan 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
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Women who know their place!
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that is brilliant!
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