Women who know their place - OT

Nov 25, 2008 2 Replies

My friends are sending them in thick and fast this am! Must have something to do with the 'white stuff' that is falling from the skies today? jennellh



---- WOMEN WHO KNOW THEIR PLACE --- --- A point of view.--- Barbara Walters, of Television's 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. 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 an old custom that you once tried so desperately to change?' The woman looked Miss 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 SMART WOMAN !



I had to do a fast forward on that one. Great!, Jen. Polly

OMG, had I been drinking my coffee, that would have been a messy read (spew factor!) Great post!

Steph

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