Barbara Walters of 20/20 did a story on gender roles in Kabul,
Afghanistan, several years before the Afghan conflict. She noted that
the women customarily walked 5 paces behind their husbands. She
recently returned to Kabul and observed that women still walk behind
their husbands. From Ms. Walters vantage point, despite the overthrow
of the oppressive Taliban regime, the women now seem to walk even
further back behind their husbands and are happy to maintain the old
custom. Ms. Walters approached one of the Afghani women and asked
"Why do you now seem happy with the old custom that you once tried so
desperately to change?" The women looked Ms. Walters straight in the
eyes and without hesitation, said "Land mines."

Moral of the story: Behind every man is a smart woman.