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From: tschibasch <tschibasch_at_yahoo.com_at_hypermail.org>
Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 18:47:06 -0000

It sounds like a "joke", but not a very funny one.

I remember when I was in Morocco that women were expected to stay a
few feet behind their man. I met up with some Americans, since I made
the mistake of going there on my own. It was a rough place! Not like
other countries I visited alone.

Anyway, regarding the place of women: Let me say that not everyone in
the Arab world feels this way, and that as things change, I am hopeful
that the situation for women will have to improve.

I recall in Marrakech, this young American couple were walking along,
holding hands and admiring the sites, and some local guy came up to
them and started screaming at them. He was completely pissed about
something, which they later figured was that the woman was not
subservient enough.


John

--- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com, joyab_at_f... wrote:
> Got this from Bob's dad ..
>
> I hope it's just a joke and didn't really happen ...
>
>
> >>> <JoPolowy_at_a...> Wednesday, May 14, 2003 10:32:17 PM >>>
>
> > Subject: Count your blessings along with me!
> >
> > > Subject: Role Reversal
> > >
> > > anchor woman Barbara Walters did a story on gender roles in Kuwait
> > > several years before the Gulf War. She noted that women customarily
> > > walked a few feet behind their husbands. In a follow-up story, she
> > > returned to Kuwait recently and observed that men now walked several
> > > yards behind their wives.
> > > Ms. Walters approached one of the Kuwaiti women and said, "This is
> > > marvelous! Can you tell the free world just what it was that
enabled
> > > women here to achieve this total reversal of roles?"
> > > "Land mines," replied the woman.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
Received on 2003-05-15 11:47:26