Thursday, November 16, 2006
MAINTAINING A DISTANCE OF 5 PACES BEHIND!
MAINTAINING A DISTANCE OF 5 PACES BEHIND!
Barbara Walters of 20/20 (USA-ABC Television) did a story on gender
roles in
She noted that women customarily walked 5 paces behind their husbands.
She recently returned to
behind their husbands.
From Ms. Walters'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.
