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For some reason Oregon has a large population of "Old Believers." Folks who didn't like Peter I's reform of the Orthodox church back in 1690s.
They women still dress modestly. Long dresses, head coverings, blouses that button up to the neck and long sleeves. You don't see them around much, they mostly hang around Woodburn, but they hare here and there. I saw one of them working at the DMV last Saturday, and I ran into a couple here at school yesterday.
If we are going to hate on Muslim women, should we also hate on the Raskolniki, who are a bit weirder than their muslim sisters, who often wear really clingy dresses with low bodices with their headscarves?
And Just for Rdean's benifit, these women are all
Russians!
They women still dress modestly. Long dresses, head coverings, blouses that button up to the neck and long sleeves. You don't see them around much, they mostly hang around Woodburn, but they hare here and there. I saw one of them working at the DMV last Saturday, and I ran into a couple here at school yesterday.
If we are going to hate on Muslim women, should we also hate on the Raskolniki, who are a bit weirder than their muslim sisters, who often wear really clingy dresses with low bodices with their headscarves?
And Just for Rdean's benifit, these women are all
Russians!