Freeloading in Zambia  Saturday, November 12, 2005  Goal #3  One
of the primary goals of Peace Corps is to promote the exchange
of culture and understanding between Americans and people in all
parts of the world. It's an admirable goal, if a bit nebulous.
Peace Corps does more than just give lip service to it, too -
we've had several two hour sessions during training earmarked
for the purpose of teaching us about Zambian history, customs,
and traditions.  I'm not going to say whether or not I think
these sessions are worthwhile. Yes I will - I don't. The most
recent, though, is the singular exception. For this special
session we separated into two groups - one for the women, one
for the men. Anytime there is something that can only be said in
the presence of people of the same sex you know that it's going
to be interesting, and I wasn't disappointed.  One thing that
I've learned is that Zambia has a VERY traditional view of
gender roles (men putting food on the table, women cooking it),
and that any public di