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The Women Behind the Men
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 12:25:31 -0500
> > > Old Customs Die Hard > > Barbara Walters of 60 Minutes (USA) did a story on gender roles in Kabul > several years before the Afghan conflict. She noted that women customarily > walked about 5 paces behind their husbands. > > She returned to Kabul recently and observed that women still walk behind > their husbands, but now seem to walk even further back and are now happy > with the old custom. > > Ms. Walters approached one of the Afghani women and asked. "But why do you > now seem happy with the old custom that you used to try and change?" > > > "Land mines," said the woman. > > ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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