A journalist 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.
She approached one of the women for
an explanation.
“This is marvelous,”said the
journalist.
“What enabled women here to
achieve this reversal of roles?”
Replied the Kuwaiti woman: “Land
mines.” …read more