Barbara Walters did a story on gender roles in Kabul several years
before the Afghan conflict. She noted that women customarily walked
about 5 paces behind their husbands.
She returned to Kabul recently and observed that women still walk behind
their husbands, but now seem to walk even further back and appear happy
with the old custom. Ms. Walters approached one of the Afghani women and
asked... "But why do you seem happy with the old ways that you once
tried to change?"
"Land mines," said the woman.
Perspective is everything.
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