[Marxism] Profound wisdom of Afghan women

["Fred Feldman" <ffeldman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Now this is News 
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 5 paces behind their husbands. 

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




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