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Waking Up to Patriarchy

By Lion's Roar Staff — 2016

You might think being a nun is very difficult and restrictive, but for them, ironically, it’s actually freedom from the alternative, which would be to get married, have a child every other year, work in the fields, work in the home, take care of their aged families, often while married to someone who drinks and comes back and beats them. - Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo

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