> WOMEN WHO KNOW THEIR PLACE
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> Barbara Walters, of 20/20, did a story on gender roles in Kabul ,
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> Afghanistan , several years before the Afghan conflict. She noted that women customarily walked five paces behind their husbands.
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> She recently returned to Kabul and observed that women still walk
> behind their husbands.
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> Despite the overthrow of the oppressive Taliban regime, the women
> now seem happy to maintain the old custom.
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> Ms Walters approached one of the Afghani women and asked, ³Why do
> you now seem happy with an old custom that you once tried so
> desperately to change?
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> The woman looked Ms. Walters straight in the eyes, and without
> hesitation said, “Land Mines”.
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> Moral of the story is no matter what language you speak or where you
> go:
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> BEHIND EVERY MAN, THERE'S A SMART WOMAN
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