LifezGooD
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Barbara Walters of 20/20 (USA-ABC Television) did a story on gender roles in Kabul, Afghanistan, serveral years before the Afghan conflict. She noted the 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 Afghan woman 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."
Ms. Walters approached one Afghan woman 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."