'Sworn Virgins' Documents Women Who Give Up Sex to Run Households

Michael Northrup
Baltimore City Paper | October 16, 2007
Five centuries ago, when the women of northern Albania could not own property or decide who they were to marry, the oath of the sworn virgin was established. Under this oath, a female would permanently exchange her sexuality for the acceptance by her peers as a man.

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