English Original
A journalist had written a story on gender roles in Kuwait several years before the Gulf War. At that time, she noted that women customarily walked about ten feet behind their husbands.
She returned to Kuwait recently and observed that men now walked several yards behind their wives. She approached one of the women for an explanation.
"This is marvelous," said the journalist. "What enabled women here to achieve this reversal of roles?"
The Kuwaiti woman replied, "Landmines."
中文翻译
一位记者在海湾战争爆发几年前，曾写过一篇关于科威特性别角色的报道。当时她注意到，女性习惯性地走在丈夫身后大约十英尺的地方。
最近她重返科威特，却发现男人们现在走在妻子身后几码远的地方。她上前向其中一位女士寻求解释。
“这太棒了，”记者说，“是什么让这里的女性实现了这种角色逆转？”
那位科威特女士回答道：“地雷。”