Smart Woman

Barbara Walters of 20/20 did a story on gender roles in Kabul,
Afghanistan, several years before the Afghan conflict. She noted that 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 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.