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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Traditional Roles
If taken seriously, this is upsetting. If taken as unreal and with an at ease attitude, I find it quite humurous, but not necessarily true.
Traditional roles
First off, this is not a joke and should not even be considered funny! It doesn't belong in this classification at all! Secondly it's sad to see that countries are not civilized enough to show respect not only of their "own" kind - but for mankind in general. Unfortunately, here in the USA many people come from other countries grasping for the freedoms that we have obtained, yet some (no - not all), think they can bring their sadistic rituals with them.
And one note - to The Babe: sounds to me like you don't have any respect either! Neil Armstrong would be ashamed of you! "Mankind" does not refer to gender, but that of HUMAN beings. You must really hate women!
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.
Traditional Roles
Stupid joke, thank God for America (well, whenever bush leaves office).
Traditional roles
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!!!).
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