Utopia: In southern Kapisa Province, the Taliban had to locals convinced that our ballistic eyewear (I’d like to thank the good people at WileyX for sponsoring my tour) enabled us to see through their clothes.

There is a time and a place for teaching moments, and you must choose your subjects carefully. You must also establish the enabling learning objectives that open the door to learing those other points.

That time was not the time, nor was it the place. What happened was that a squad leader and his female soldiers were so self-centered that they forgot that other people may not share their advanced sensibilities. My point to the female and the squad leader is this:

“It’s not about YOU. It’s about THEM.”

Time and patience. As Canoneer pointed out, they have more fish to fry. Do not try to teach a man gender equality before you get him to stop buggering the livestock.