Current Events > Russian women push back at shaming over World Cup dating: 'We were outraged'

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http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/soccer/ny-sports-world-cup-russian-women-dating-20180715-story.html

Hundreds of thousands of foreign men have flooded into Russia for the monthlong World Cup, setting off a fierce debate in the host nation about the roles and rights of women. Russian women who have dated the soccer fans have been shamed by some Russian commentators, denounced for allegedly undermining the countrys morals and gene pool. The widespread, vehement criticism has shown the dominance of patriarchal and sexist views in Russia, where the concept of gender equality is a generation behind that of the Wests. Still, the reaction against Russian womens World Cup dalliances has been so strong that some feminists in Russia think it could actually advance their cause by shocking even conservative women who wouldnt identify themselves as feminists. Even those women (are saying) Enough is enough, youve gone too far! feminist writer Snezhana Gribatskaya said. A 27-year-old Moscow beautician named Mariam was one of those who fell for a foreign visitor, a Mexican soccer fan named Omar who asked her for directions to Red Square. He was so kind and respectful to me, she said. Its because of this that I fell in love with him. She did not give her last name because she said the romance was a personal matter.

Yet to many Russians, her actions seem disgraceful. This is an era of sluts! wrote Platon Besedin, a columnist for the Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper. Russian women are bringing shame to themselves and their country. A popular forum on the VKontakte social media service has posted hundreds of videos of Russian women dancing and kissing foreign soccer fans, prompting vehement condemnations of those alleged to be ruining the countrys gene pool. In the first week of the global soccer tournament, Russian lawmaker Tamara Pletnyova warned Russian women against becoming romantically involved with foreigners, lest they should end up raising their children alone. She added it was even more of a problem if the men were from a different race. The next day, her colleague Mikhail Degtyaryov stepped forward to do damage control. The more love stories we have connected to the world championship, the more people from different countries fall in love, the more children are born, the better, Degtyaryov said.
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Russia is a land where "a strong woman" and "the weaker sex" are one and the same thing. They have such a weird relationship towards women there.
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an era of sluts is the best kind of era.
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Russia going from one political extreme to the other. Good thing we know who our real enemies are: the EU and Canada.
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VoightKent posted...

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Mariam, enamored of her Mexican beau, sees the World Cup as a wake-up call for Russias males, whose average life expectancy is only 66 years and whose health is often affected by smoking and heavy drinking.
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This is the real reason.

Yeah it really sounds like Russian men need to step their game up
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eston posted...

VoightKent posted...

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Mariam, enamored of her Mexican beau, sees the World Cup as a wake-up call for Russias males, whose average life expectancy is only 66 years and whose health is often affected by smoking and heavy drinking.
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This is the real reason.

Yeah it really sounds like Russian men need to step their game up

In a lot more ways than smoking and drinking, too... they basically get a free pass on domestic abuse, and it's such an ingrained part of their culture that they even have phrases like "If he beats you it means he loves you" and stuff like that.
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