WOMEN WHO KNOW THEIR PLACE ....... A point of view.
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> Barbara Walters, of 20/20, did a story on gender roles in Kabul,
> Afghanistan several years before the Afghan conflict.
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> 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. Despite the overthrow of the oppressive Taliban
> regime, the women now seem to, and are happy to, maintain the old
> custom.
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> Ms. Walters approached one of the Afghani women and asked, 'Why 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):
> BEHIND EVERY MAN, THERE'S A VERY VERY SMART WOMAN
(sometimes, LITERALLY behind him..) [-ed].
>
> 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. Despite the overthrow of the oppressive Taliban
> regime, the women now seem to, and are happy to, maintain the old
> custom.
>
> Ms. Walters approached one of the Afghani women and asked, 'Why do you
> now seem happy with an old custom that you once tried so desperately
> to change?'
>
> The woman looked Ms. Walters straight in the eyes, and without
> hesitation said, 'Land Mines.'
>
> Moral of the story is (no matter what language you speak or where you go):
> BEHIND EVERY MAN, THERE'S A VERY VERY SMART WOMAN
(sometimes, LITERALLY behind him..) [-ed].
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- groups:
- Comedy, Afghanistan News
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- tags:
- Humor, Comedy, Afghanistan + add
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- plusaf
- added this
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lol...love it...x
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haha inneresting.
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- Atalanda_Cameron
- 1 month ago
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Actually, wasn't the same survival rule in effect in Viet Nam where women walked in front of the men? Thank God in America, we walk side by side in hopes of the land mine passing between us and at worst lifting her skirt and perhaps both losing a few pounds.
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- WisconsinNorm
- 1 month ago
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Hysterical, thanks I needed a good laugh.
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Lol.
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That's awesome.
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ROFL.......self preservation is smart alright. Glad to see there is still a life cult there.
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ROFL!!!! Good one, +af! Am copying it and sending it on..... :-D
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- 2helenahandbasket
- 1 month ago
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thx for that. ROFLMMFAO!!!!
