WHY DO WOMEN LIVE LONGER
Added on: 11th Jun 2016
TERESA BROWN WAS INTERESTED
IN GENDER ROLES OF SUNNI MUSLIMS
PARTICULARLY IN AFGHANISTAN.
BACK IN THE 1990’S LONG BEFORE
THE CURRENT AFGHAN HOSTILITY
SHE SPOTTED THAT WOMEN WALK
ABOUT FOUR PACES BEHIND THEIR HUSBANDS.
WHEN TERESA RETURNED TO KABUL
IN 2011
SHE NOTED WITH REGRET
THAT WOMEN STILL WALK BEHIND THEIR HUSBANDS.
SHE PONDERED WHY,
DESPITE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
WOMEN'S RIGHTS, WIVES STILL
PACE BEHIND THEIR HUSBANDS.
LATER THE INTREPID REPORTER FELL
INTO CONVERSATION WITH ONE OF THE
AFGHANI WOMEN AND ASKED,
'WHY ARE YOU SO HAPPY WITH AN
OLD CUSTOM THAT YOU ONCE
TRIED SO DESPERATELY TO CHANGE?'
THE WOMAN LOOKED MS BROWN
STRAIGHT IN THE EYES AND WITHOUT
HESITATION SAID,
"LAND MINES."
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