journalist had done a story on gender roles in Kuwait several years
before the Gulf War, and 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. She approached one of the
women for an explanation. "This is marvelous," said the journalist.
"What enabled the women to achieve this reversal of roles? Replied the
Kuwaiti woman: "Land mines!"