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The Shackles of Freedom.(experience of women in post-communist Eastern Europe)(Statistical Data Included)
When Natasha M.'s circle of friends met at the University of Kiev back in the 1980s, they were full of hope for the post-perestroika era. Over late-night sessions in local cafes, they discussed their dreams of glamorous travel, successful careers and the freedom to run their own lives. But for many of them, the dozen years since communism's fall have been rough ones. Luda--who, like the rest of the group, doesn't want her last name used--went abroad and married an Italian man 15 years her senior, only to find out he wanted an unpaid nursemaid, not a wife. Irina married "a new Ukrainian," who drove a Mercedes and outfitted her in Dior, but forbade her from working or ...
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