Does anyone else think Russian men are sexy?

[Anonymous]

What is happening here, why are we stereotyping and bashing Russian people? This thread is disgusting.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:IThere is a cultural phenomenon in which most beautiful young women at university have a "sponsor", which is an older, married man who gives her spending money and buys her things in exchange for sex; this is so widespread as to be unremarkable here./quote]

Yeah, we have that here in the US too. It's called dating and marriage.

So, you are saying that it is also common in the US for married men to have younger girlfriends they support? Are you saying that, for the young wmen, this is the equivalent of an American marriage?

I'm thinking about having our Russian nanny do an AMA, a sort of Live From Eastern Europe thread on the topic. She loves DCUM and credits reading it for the improvement of her English over the past two years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is happening here, why are we stereotyping and bashing Russian people? This thread is disgusting.

We aren't bashing Russian people. We are discussing gender role expectations, differences, and the accuracy of stereotypes (or in accuracy).

I started thinking about these cultural differences right about the time I was walking through the Euromaidan area in daylight; each night, the place erupted into violence, but in the daytime fighters on both sides crept into their tent villages and slept, and "normal" people came out to walk through the area to work, keeping close eye on the ranks of Berkut police who stood in weary lines, shields raised. One day, I looked down and noticed blood splatters frozen among the ripped up cobbles, and watched a Ukrainian woman lead her backpacked children over the area on the school run; none of them stopped to remark about the blood at all because it was just day-to-day life here. Russian soldiers were stationed in random places throughout the city, even as Western media speculated about whether or not "the Russians" were actually in Kiev at all; one day, I dropped a grocery bag in the street and a Russian soldier who had been standing in the same place each day on that corner for weeks leaped into the street and picked up all of my apples, then handed them to me silently and went back to his post. Then our nanny rushed after him and started shouting abuse at him because "I left Russia for new life, and they will never let Ukraine go now they are here." Then all hell broke loose and friends' sons started to be called up in the draft to go fight four hours from where I live, where there is AT THIS MOMENT bloody fighting still going on as Russians and Ukrainians fight on in a war that is, for some reason, no longer remarked upon in Western media at all, as if it isn't important, or as if the West knows the end is inevitable here. So the topic that comes up at every gathering in which Ukrainian and Russian citizens of this city socialize is: what are the fundamental differences between Ukrainian/Russian culture/mindset and those of the West?

It's kind of on my mind. I'm writing a novel set here as well, which you would hate, PP.

[Anonymous]

I get that these type of threads are really wrong (we stereotype and bash one group of men); however, they are extremely entertaining. This one is funny, but not quite as funny as the one about dating German men.

[Anonymous]

I showed this thread to my Russian DH and he has passed it on to our Russian circle and they are laughing their heads off!

[Anonymous]

I don't know many Russian men who marry American women or find them attractive. Too aggressive or robust for them, I guess? They respect them though if they are well educated and ambitious.

[Anonymous]

This is what Russian men fear:

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is what Russian men fear:

Everything, but the eyes looks so sweet and soft.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is happening here, why are we stereotyping and bashing Russian people? This thread is disgusting.

You probably haven't seen the threads where Indians are mentioned.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, very sexy. BUT, I had sex with one Russian man and it was the worst sex of my life. Zero foreplay.

This plus 1000000

[Anonymous]

Yes I find some of them very sexy. Have been with two. Lots of fun and great looking. Not very well endowed but they knew how to work it

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't know many Russian men who marry American women or find them attractive. Too aggressive or robust for them, I guess? They respect them though if they are well educated and ambitious.

Well I know lots of Russians (I'm not one) and I think they're happy enough with their own kind.. Russians are generally more traditional in gender roles. Also, Russian women really know how to take care of themselves and are usually good looking.

[Anonymous]

I am a Russian woman with a Russian husband and I must say that male chauvinism is deeply engrained in most of them.
Most Russian men I know are awful to mediocre dads and husbands. I do know of a few exceptions, though.
Fwiw I am the OP of the "I am Russian AMA" thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
So, you are saying that it is also common in the US for married men to have younger girlfriends they support? Are you saying that, for the young wmen, this is the equivalent of an American marriage?

No, I'm saying that in the US many women treat dating and marriage as financial transactions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't know many Russian men who marry American women or find them attractive. Too aggressive or robust for them, I guess?

More like not attractive enough.