Barbara Walters, Kabul, Afghanistan Trip

Loulou

Fw: Barbara Walters Story

BARBARA WALTERS STORY...

MAINTAINING A DISTANCE OF 5 PACES BEHIND

Forgive me if someone has posted this before but read it this morning and thought it was funny. For those who haven't read it before:

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.

She recently returned to Kabul and observed that women still walk behind their husbands. From Ms. Walters 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.

Ms. Walters approached one of the Afghani women and asked, "Why do you now seem happy with the 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: BEHIND EVERY MAN IS A SMART WOMAN!!

chadwick

that is the greatest thing i've ever read in my life.
love to the Afghan women.

Fifthelement

That's awesome


(Although I should add that landmines suck and remain a serious problem decades after a conflict has ended :x )

Loulou

Yes I agree, landmines aren't funny!!!!!

Fifthelement wrote:

That's awesome


(Although I should add that landmines suck and remain a serious problem decades after a conflict has ended :x )