A visitor, returning to Kuwait for the first time since the Gulf War, was impressed by a sociological change. On previous visits she noted that women customarily walked about 5 paces behind their husbands.She observed that the men now walked over 20 paces BEHIND their wives!She approached one of the women for an explanation: “What enabled women here to achieve this marvellous reversal of roles?””Land mines,” replied the Kuwaiti woman.