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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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