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Are you worth 12, or 6, oxen?

by angela on June 25, 2008

The 500-year-old custom of sworn virginity, where young virgins transform themselves into male family patriarchs, is becoming extinct. Our favorite bits:
“Back then, it was better to be a man because, before, a woman and an animal were considered the same thing”
“Under the Kanun, the role of women is severely circumscribed: Take care of children and [...]

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