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What surprises me is that sometimes people are so kind, generous and hospitable to one another and especially to strangers but sometimes they are excessively rude. What I do not like in Armenia is the attitude and the way of thinking that still lingers here. People have beliefs without questioning them. Armenia is a small country with small population; there is not much variety therefore there are no confrontation of thoughts and ideas. Nobody is challenging the old and out of date beliefs and taboos that still exist. Therefore there is no progress. We had researches about the domestic violence, male dominance, and the structure of male and female roles in the society and in the family in Armenia and the results were devastating. All of the parameters mentioned above are stuck to the past. Women are not treated equally as men, there are only two groups of women; whether they are housewives (or future housewives), or they are street walkers. So literally girls cannot hang out with their friends. If they do it is said that they have regard of self-respect. What I understand is that you cannot communicate with other half of the populations. Or the LGBT rights and issues. Why is the progress as slow as possible? I came to this believe that Armenia needs a sexual revolution and people should try to break free from their old and out- of-date ideas.
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