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Traditional Roles
Several years before the Gulf War, a female journalist did a story on
gender roles in Kuwait. She noted that there it was customary for
women to walk 10 feet behind their husbands.
After the war, she returned to Kuwait and was pleased to observe that
now the men walked 10 feet behind their wives. She approached a woman
at the airport and asked, "What enabled Kuwaiti women to achieve this
role reversal?"
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Posted Comments:
08-29-2008 11:56
wrote:
Everything old is new again
The first time I heard that joke it was set in Korea.The next time it was in Viet Nam.
Guessed it. Yes Anna it is distasteful but I hope you stand up against jokes that are sexist against men as well. I assure you there are plenty of them. In fact, the feminist movement has swung the pendulum such that sexism against women tends to be considered an outrage while sexism against men barely raises an eyebrow (except when I see it!!!).
I was so surprised to see such a distateful "joke" forwarded to my Inbox by a service that I actually enjoy receiving each day because of its light-hearted and "clean" content. Landmines are not funny...And there are other ways to humorously portray traditional roles of women in the world without using such a terrible image.
Boy, this isn't a joke. It only portrays how timid Kuwaiti men are. It also shows they still belong to the Stone Age and don't deserve a place in the modern civil society.