Since my poll on my last joke overwhelmingly sided with "anyone who cares is nuts" thought you might enjoy this one
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'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."
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'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."
