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Originally Posted by Laurentius
Here is an example:
How infidelity has become accepted and even expected in Russia.
This is, IMHO, the end result of an essentially materialistic view. Both capitalism and communism are two sides of the same coin in that they evaluate persons in purely economic terms. When this happens, men keeping mistresses becomes par for the course. |
This article sure seems to be getting around
It is makes very general assumptions about entire country based on very tiny segment of population. Sort of like saying that all Americans live in high rise buildings, prefer take out to home cooking and commute on average 1h a day to work. Reality is while it is norm for New Yorkers, it is hardly descriptive of small town in Montana or Oklahoma.
That said, there is some truth to the observations made by reporter.
Russia is a paradox in a sense that while being Cristian country, it has never abandoned its pagan ways. Another factor to consider is that for centuries, population consisted out of peasants and nobility.
We all know that peasants have extremely practical and natural attitude to sex. Children see mating and birth of farm animals from early days.
Nobility on another hand both idolized purity of young bride and encouraged promiscuity of married couple. Men and women of means could and did engage in extramarital affairs. Divorce was not an option, but living in different wings of same house and having lovers was perfectly acceptable in society.
Behavior and attitude described in that article is prevalent among modern "nobles". Every day people don't really engage in such behavior simply because they don't have means to. Marriage is a lot more popular there then in USA, while infidelity and prostitution are more tolerated. Seems strange? Not really. Women are less likely to end marriage over infidelity, ESPECIALLY if husband did not have an affair but rather had encounter with professionals.
Regardless of social class and personal situation, Russian women generally don't fret over why men cheat. They don't ask why or how or when. They just react based on each individual situation.
Wife of a factory worker most likely will find something very heavy in her kitchen and inflict severe bodily injuries.
Wife of an bank president ... will go out and buy something expensive then go to Bahamas with young bodyguard for a week.
Wife of office clerk most likely will kick him out for a week or two.
But not one of them will be spending next 10 years in therapy trying to figure out what's wrong with her.
LIna
