Finding Ukraine Women
maart 14, 2023
Although the Soviet concept of femininity demanded that women be flawless, resilient, and androgynous and asexual builders of the socialist utopia whereas remaining supportive wives and loving moms, the 1990s brought along two new fashions of female gender expression. Hugely influential Ukrainian anthropologist and feminist historian Oksana Kis describes these two polar identities as the Berehynia…