Barbara Walters did a story on gender roles in Kabul, Afghanistan several years before the Afghan conflict. She was surprised to find that Afghan 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, there was no progress in changing age-old customs. The women now seemed to walk even further back behind their husbands, and were happy to maintain the old custom. Miss Walters approached one of the Afghani women and asked, "Why are you happy with an old custom (of walking behind your husband) that you once tried so desperately to change?" The woman looked Miss Walters straight in the eyes,and without hesitation said,"Land Mines." Moral of the story is (no matter where you go) BEHIND EVERY MAN, THERE'S A SMART WOMAN. ===== -- R Shanbhag "Raj" Abu Dhabi, UAE --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BETTER PERSONALITY GROUP" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/BETTER_PERSONALITY?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
