Originally Posted by
sinkov
I would think it's because certain sections of society do not altogether approve of women and men being treated equally Sub. A nephew of mine, the one who has the apartment on the Quayside in Newcastle, is married to a girl from Saudi Arabia. A lovely girl, I think the world of her, very westernised, but when we're out in public I have to keep slowing down so that she can walk alongside me and we can chat. It's her culture, she doesn't feel comfortable walking alongside a man, she'd rather walk a pace behind.