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Sworn Virgins

They're living life as men, but they are neither transsexual nor gay. These Albanian women have chosen to live as sworn virgins.

Researchers of american universities attribute this phenomena to machism, whereby men can freely participate in public life while women are constrained to stay at home. In this context becoming a sworn virgin is a way to gain freedom from in men's ruling society.

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