Posted by liyanage 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 a on September 23, 1997 at 19:24:43:
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 marvellous," said the journalist. "What enabled women here
to achieve this reversal of roles?"
Replied the Kuwaiti woman: "Land mines"
