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 5 paces behind their husbands. <\/p>\n
She recently returned to Kabul and observed that women still walk behind their husbands. From Ms. Walters\u2019 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. <\/p>\n
Ms. Walters approached one of the Afghani women and asked, \u201cWhy do you now seem happy with the old custom that you once tried so desperately to change?\u201d
The woman looked Ms. Walters straight in the eyes and without hesitation said, \u201cLand mines.\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\nThe moral of the story is\u00a0said to be\u00a0that behind every man is a smart woman<\/p>\n
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