culturalblonde
03-21-2005, 11:39 AM
Barbara Walters of
20/20 (USA-ABC Television) 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."
20/20 (USA-ABC Television) 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."