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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy are Russian women posting 'scrunched-up selfies'?
#wrinkledwomen: Why are Russian women posting 'scrunched-up selfies'?
The Independent
SATURDAY 23 MAY 2015
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Women have been posting angry "wrinkled" selfies on Instagram
Russian women have take to social media to post their own "wrinkled selfies" in protest against comments made by a top childrens rights official who defended child marriage in Chechnya.
Pavel Astakhov provoked fury when he defended the marriage of teenage girls to older men by saying it was necessary because women were wrinkled by the time they were 27.
In an interview with a Moscow-based radio station, Russian News Service, said in exceptional services the law regulating the age at which people can get married, which is officially 18 in Russia, could be changed by regional authorities.
He then added: "Let's not be hypocrites. There are places where women are already shriveled at age 27, and by our standards they look like they're 50. And, in general, the [Russian] Constitution forbids interference in citizens' personal lives.
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Full article: http://world.einnews.com/article/267001559/XKJoVCUhksVr38QR
Quite the idiot, I'm glad they're shaming him.
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Why are Russian women posting 'scrunched-up selfies'? (Original Post)
polly7
May 2015
OP
Expect to hear lots more of this "older women suck" stuff because Hillary is running.
Spitfire of ATJ
May 2015
#5
brewens
(13,620 posts)1. Who does that guy think he is? Borat? n/t
sufrommich
(22,871 posts)2. "a top children’s rights official who defended child marriage in Chechnya"
That's just incredibly fucked up.
kairos12
(12,872 posts)3. Are you that's not a Red State Pol comment?
valerief
(53,235 posts)4. Amazing how men never look old, right? Just blows me away every time.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)5. Expect to hear lots more of this "older women suck" stuff because Hillary is running.