barbara walters did a story on gender roles in kuwait several years
before the gulf war. she noted then that women customarily walked
about 10 feet behind their husbands.
she returned to kuwait recently and observed that the men now walked
several yards behind their wives.
ms. walters approached one of the women and said, "this is marvelous.
can you tell me and the free world just what enabled women here to
achieve this marvelous reversal （颠倒, 反转, 反向, 逆转）of roles?"
"land mines," said the kuwaiti woman..
