The sworn virgins of Albania

[ArabellaScott]

The story of the burrnesha of Albania is fascinating, and I know it's come up on here before.

Film

www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-63917753

Article

www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63904744

What's also interesting is how the BBC are reporting it:

This article is part of the '100 women' series the BBC are doing - despite the 'sworn virgins' living 'as men' and despite the article using male pronouns for at least one of the burrnesha featured.

'Valerjana sees it as a positive that the burrnesha tradition is dying out.

"Today we girls don't have to fight to become men," she says. "We have to fight for equal rights, but not by becoming men".'

"However, in choosing to be men, they were inadvertently strengthening gender norms by accepting the role of women as inferior."
🤔Now what does that remind me of, exactly?

Yes, there are a lot of eye-brow raising moments in that article.

plus ca change plus ca la meme chose

interesting article
I'm sure I've seen these women being claimed as instances of 'traditional' transgenderism, which clearly they are not.