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."
>
>
>
> BEHIND EVERY MAN IS A VERY SMART WOMAN
>
>
> 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."
>
>
>
> BEHIND EVERY MAN IS A VERY SMART WOMAN
>
>