Barbara WaWa talks about Gender Equality in Middle East
Barbara Walters of 20/20 did a story on gender roles in Kabul, Afghanistan, several years before the Afghan conflict. She noted that the women customarily walked five paces behind their husbands.
She recently returned to Kabul and observed that women still walk behind their husbands. From Ms. Walters’s vantage point, despite the overthrow of the oppressive Taliban regime, the women now walk even farther behind their husbands and seem 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 women looked Ms. Walters’s straight in the eyes and without hesitation said "Land mines."
Moral of the story: Behind every man is a smart woman.
Additional moral (for guys): They are clever and devious. Don't mess with them.
-posted by Kimberly Brown @ 10/04/2005 12:20:00 AM
She recently returned to Kabul and observed that women still walk behind their husbands. From Ms. Walters’s vantage point, despite the overthrow of the oppressive Taliban regime, the women now walk even farther behind their husbands and seem 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 women looked Ms. Walters’s straight in the eyes and without hesitation said "Land mines."
Moral of the story: Behind every man is a smart woman.
Additional moral (for guys): They are clever and devious. Don't mess with them.
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