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darthvader · WayToRussified Joined: 09 Dec 2005 Posts: 427

Academic research article: "Body Politics in Post-Soviet Russia":

http://scan.net.au/scan/journal/display.php?journal_id=41
(Media Department @ Macquarie University, Sydney)

"....The State-approved asexuality of bodies during the Soviet years has been replaced by the market-approved sexuality of the bodies of the new era....."

Interesting read. Covers changing Russian perceptions on human beauty, fitness, diet and more over the last decades.

Perhaps written 5 years ago(?)

gomer · WayToRussified Joined: 30 Mar 2007 Posts: 446

The Soviet women were just as attractive 25 years ago as the Russian women are now. My opinion of 'beauty' does not depend on thin bodies, fancy clothes, lots of makeup or the policies of the government currently in power. Of course, if Russian women today want to buy fancy clothes and lots of makeup, it's up to them. I don't think they need it, though. They're attractive anyway.

darthvader · WayToRussified Joined: 09 Dec 2005 Posts: 427

Oh, but (suprisingly!) the above article/paper is not just about the women. It concerns the men too.

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