I have looked through a number of travel blogs but they mainly seem to talk about a country being a good or a bad place for singles referring to the 'size' of the dating pool there. I am not interested in that in the least and Russians would be the last to take my fancy. What bothers me is whether gender harassment or even aggression and related problems could be a big issue for me in Russia.
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only SOME russians think that. if you go, you should be fine.
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People r the same pretty much everywhere u go.. in like all countries there r some more aggresive and nasty people while others r nice and sweet. but russia is known for its aggresiveness. so Russia might not be the best place to go lookin for "romance"
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It might be. From what I've heard sexual harrassment is a problem in Russia just as it is in the West. There are laws, but no one takes them seriously like they do in US and other western nations. There's only been two sexual harrasment cases in Russia that have been successful. As recently as Summer 2008, a judge in Russia recently ruled that, "Sexual harrassment was necessary to ensure the survival of the human race." I was like WTF? So, read the link below, then draw your own conclusion as to whether or not a Western woman would have problems. Personally, I wouldn't go to Russia, not if the men there have the same sort of attitude as that judge.
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No, there is no large-scale gender harassment in russia. Both genders are treated equally. As usual women are considered less productive in work, so you should show better results than men if you want to receive proper respect. And about sexual abuse at work, it depends not on the country but on people. You can meet such jerks everywhere around the globe. Usually such abuse is the result of "weakness" of women. They are afraid to lose good job, or just cant put up a fight. I have a huge amount of bussiness girls here in Moscow and I never heard that somebody abused them at work (if not count simple flirting). At first the social part will be hard for you, but as you live and work, you will get used to russian style of life. There are a lot of good people around here. And by the way, don't listen to those who say that foreigners are not welcome in Russia. yes, we don't like US (country who lives the best, has 10 trillions debt, and uses those money to figth for an idea, where that idea is not welcomed yet) but we differ country and people. Nobody here hates americans, just the politcs of US. I can tell you a story, that my father told me. He was a sailor in USSR and has bought Toyota. It was 1978 and there were little such cars in USSR. Once he came to fuel station and went to pay for gas. several drivers were talking near and one of them was using bad words in his speech (not about the father just chatting in bad manner). His friend interrupted him by saying: don't say bad words, don't you see a foreigner is near. This example illustrates how russians treat foreigners. Even not normative lexics was thought to be rude to use, because of respect. Now it is not so good, thanks to democracy of the 90's. But almost anyone will be happy to meet a foreigner to speak with about different views on life.
