It's a Man's Life
June 30, 2008 6:05 PM   Subscribe

How some Albanian women became men. "Pashe Keqi recalled the day nearly 60 years ago when she decided to become a man. She chopped off her long black curls, traded in her dress for her father’s baggy trousers, armed herself with a hunting rifle and vowed to forsake marriage, children and sex." By remaining a virgin, and adopting male traits and responsibilities, some Albanian women successfully became men--at least in the eyes of their male peers.
posted by John of Michigan (8 comments total)

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Double
posted by theiconoclast31 at 6:09 PM on June 30, 2008


sorry :(
posted by theiconoclast31 at 6:10 PM on June 30, 2008


Double
posted by cometwendy at 6:10 PM on June 30, 2008


Well, damn. Please nuke this post from orbit.

It's the only way to be sure!
posted by John of Michigan at 6:11 PM on June 30, 2008


Hell, we even talked about this back in 2004!

john, john, john.... we evict you from Michigan... go to Ohio!
posted by HuronBob at 6:14 PM on June 30, 2008


But it would be nothing
Without a woman
Or a girl.
posted by Wolof at 6:19 PM on June 30, 2008 [1 favorite]


Albania Albania you border on the Adriatic...
Your land is mostly mountainous
and your chief export is chrome!
posted by Frank Grimes at 6:29 PM on June 30, 2008 [1 favorite]


john, john, john.... we evict you from Michigan... go to Ohio!

Whoof, that's harsh.
posted by tkolar at 6:46 PM on June 30, 2008


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