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The Sworn Virgins of Albania
Grace Calderon , Quezon City: Jun 28 2008
Made Popular Jun 29 2008
Albania :
The sworn virgin was a social necessity in an agrarian region plagued by war and death. If the family patriarch died with no male heirs, unmarried women in the family make take an oath of virginity and be the male head of the family.
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Jaiyant Cavale
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Jaiyant Cavale Jun 29 2008
Bangalore, India
Now that is bizarre.. I feel sorry for those women, maybe they don’t know what they missed! After sacrificing their identity, love, children, sex.. As the woman says, they would feel very lonely when they get old..
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Grace Calderon
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Grace Calderon Jun 30 2008
Quezon City, Philippines
You’re right, Jaiyant. It was some sacrifice what they did.

It was a necessity for the family to have such females. With dead fathers and no eldest brother, these females had to take on the responsibility of becoming the head of the family and run the household.

The social phenomenon of ’sworn virgin’ looks a little odd to us now, because it might seem unthinkable in this day and age.

But think deeper. Don’t such females also exist today? There are females now who forego marriage and having their own families because they have to take care of their parents and siblings. It’s just that we don’t have this phenomenon of ’sworn virgin.’

In fact, one need NOT to stay a virgin while taking care of her family and staying unmarried! :)
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