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иако ги пратат крвните одмазди, фамилијарните инцести, договорните бракови нашите соседи и сограгани не престануваат да изненадуваат со своите бизарни обичаи.
на мое изненадување станува збор за жени кој станале мажи(заколнати девици) за да си го подобрат статусот во општеството.Ден денес жените во Албанија се во подредена улога, па така некој на ова гледаат како на единствеиот излез....
се верува дека обичајот влече корени од средниот век...кој имаповеке нека повели
The tradition of sworn virgins came from the Kanuni i Lekë Dukagjinit (English: The Code of Lekë Dukagjini, or simply the Kanun),[4] a set of codes and laws developed by Lekë Dukagjini and used mostly in northern Albania and Kosovo from the 15th century until the 20th century. The Kanun is not a religious document – many groups follow it including Roman Catholic, Albanian Orthodox, and Muslims.[5]
The Kanun dictates that families must be patrilineal (meaning wealth is inherited through a family's men) and patrilocal (upon marriage, a woman moves into the household of her husband's family)[6]. Women are treated very much like property of the family. Under the Kanun women are given very little rights. They cannot smoke, wear a watch, or vote in their local elections. They also cannot buy land, and there are many jobs they are not permitted to hold. There are even establishments that they cannot enter.[5][3]
Rationale
There are many reasons why a woman would want to have taken this vow. Some wanted to avoid an arranged marriage while others were forced by their fathers because there were no sons left to look after their families.[7] Some even take the oath after being in bad marriages, and thus want to swear off men.[5] Taking the vow to become a man was a way to avoid an arranged marriage without dishonoring the groom’s family and creating a blood feud. Breaking the vow was once punishable by death, but it is doubtful that this punishment is still carried out now.[3] Many sworn virgins today still refuse to go back on their oath because the community would still reject them for breaking their vows.[3]
Becoming a man
While women can take the oath late in life, families in need of a male sibling to inherit the family's wealth have a girl take the vow at a very early age. The oath is usually taken in front of a town's elders, though some women take the oath privately signaling their choice by cutting their hair and wearing more masculine clothes.[3] Once the vow is taken, the woman becomes a man in societies eyes, and she will be referred to as such. She will no longer be inhibited by the societal norms that dictate a woman's actions. For example, she may work in positions only a man could hold.
