PROGRESS OF WOMEN'S LIB
Quote from Forum Archives on June 30, 1999, 9:40 amPosted by: tz8cy5 <tz8cy5@...>
PROGRESS OF WOMEN'S LIBBarbara Walters had done a story on gender roles in Kuwait several years
before the Gulf War, and she noted then that women customarily walked
about 10 feet behind their husbands. She returned to Kuwait recently and
observed that the men now walked several yards behind their wives.Ms Walters approached one of the women for an explanation. "This is
marvelous," she said. "What enabled women here to achieve this reversal of
roles?"The Kuwaiti woman replied: "Land mines."
Posted by: tz8cy5 <tz8cy5@...>
Barbara Walters had done a story on gender roles in Kuwait several years
before the Gulf War, and she noted then that women customarily walked
about 10 feet behind their husbands. She returned to Kuwait recently and
observed that the men now walked several yards behind their wives.
Ms Walters approached one of the women for an explanation. "This is
marvelous," she said. "What enabled women here to achieve this reversal of
roles?"
The Kuwaiti woman replied: "Land mines."