Barbara Walters, of 20\/20, did a story on gender roles in Kabul ,
\nAfghanistan, several years before the Afghan conflict.<\/p>\n
She noted that women customarily walked five paces behind their husbands.<\/p>\n
She recently returned to Kabul and observed that women still walk behind
\ntheir husbands. Despite the overthrow of the oppressive Taliban regime, the women now seem happy to maintain the old custom.<\/p>\n
Ms Walters approached one of the Afghani women and asked, ’Why do you now
\nseem happy with an old custom that you once tried so desperately to change?’<\/p>\n
The woman looked Ms Walters straight in the eyes, and without hesitation
\nsaid, ”Land mines..”<\/p>\n
Moral of the story is (no matter what language you speak or where you go):
\nBEHIND EVERY MAN, THERE’S A SMART WOMAN<\/p>\n
A contribution from my friend Grady from \u00a0 NC<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Barbara Walters, of 20\/20, did a story on gender roles in Kabul , Afghanistan, several years before the Afghan conflict. She noted that women customarily walked five paces behind their husbands. She recently returned to Kabul and observed that women still walk behind their husbands. 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