This was certainly the life my mother experienced and demanded I follow in her footsteps …

If I had to characterize in broad strokes the central imperative of the culture in which Giorgi and I defined ourselves in relation to each other, I would put it like this: women must submit to the fate men dole out to them. There is no right to appeal, and there are no grounds for objection, particularly if this fate is doled out by the men who have a special claim on one’s life: by husbands, fathers, and sons.
An Unplanned Pregnancy in the Republic of Georgia
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Aza Y. Alam
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This was certainly the life my mother experienced and demanded I follow in her footsteps , otherwise I am a BAD woman.
Nothing I achieve means anything, only having husband and children...
A riveting account - and very brave of you to write it.
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Exploring the entanglements of gender, race and class during this era of the Eurokleptocene. Let’s do better, one story, one learning, one comment at a time.
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