As the most significant factor of the women’s appearance
Ukrainian women allocate their beauty (16 % of all
statements). Charm, attractiveness, feminity, beauty are underlined:
Girls of Ukraine are the most beautiful", "about our
beauties from Kiev and Odessa foreigners compose legends", "they are
beautiful by soul and a body "the distinguishing feature of our women is a
desire to be admired and to be greatly taken with smb.» Lag behind a little"-
sincere qualities (13 %), among which kindness, fidelity, devotion, careness,
reliabilitness, patience, absence of mercantile. These qualities are
extremely important for a family as the family remains the main value for the
Ukrainian women:" Their family is above all. They are always
ready to sacrifice their career to be with the husband and children "; «Our
woman naturally puts the family above career.” Thus the role of the
wife is more significant than mothers: «They have a kind heart. In case of
marriage they are ready to abandon themselves completely to a man"; «
Ukrainian women are natural on accepting the behavior and a
mode of action of her husband. It does not mean that she does not try to
influence on him. She only does not try to reject him. She is always with the
husband ", etc. (But on the other hand:" Care about the children - perhaps,
the most important thing in the life of the Ukraine woman
".)
The intellectual-spiritual sphere is present in 9 % of all statements
which points the fact of nonoccurrence in vision of one’s possibilities
with the stereotypes which have developed in the society (men - both Russian,
and foreigners - estimate the intelligence of Ukrainians
rather low). Among qualities of the given group we can note ingenuity,
erudition, abilities to training, creativity, self-improvement, spirituality.
Therefore it is impossible to say that "Ukrainian women are
the women with much understated self-estimation". More likely, because of the
influence of stereotypes intelligence of Ukrainian girls and
women estimate wrongfully low. Labor is very likely with intellectual sphere
(7 % of contexts) in which are underlined professionalism, absence of a
careerism, endurance, work on deterioration, initiative, execution of the
man's duties connected with heavy physical work.
Ukrainians estimate themselves as unique, unlike anybody:
«Ukrainian women are unique beings"; "the Ukrainian women
have a unique richest experience of development", etc. That uniqueness
appears to be a culture medium to perceive themselves as a unique person
distinct from all the others with such qualities, as naturalness,
independence, internal nobleness, individuality, integrity of nature,
harmony: "Her well-adjusted nature does not stand ambivalentness"; "all is in
the power of our women. And everyone is worthy to become a queen";" We dress
for pleasure, we like to invent something interesting", etc. Among other
characteristics we can note display of heroism (7 %) expressed in both
self-sacrifice and omnipotence; sphere of behavior (7 %), the leading lines
of which become delicacy, tolerance, compromiseness, responsibility;
popularity both among men and in modeling business (5 %); the emotionality (5
%) shown in aspiration for going into extremes, carelessness,
unpredictability. Among negative characteristics we can point the immoral
behavior (3 %), absence of taste (3 %) and greed (2 %). Let’s notice
that the negative field occupies only 8 % from the sum of all fields.
As a whole, it is possible to say, that all world recognizes uniqueness of
women
and girls from Ukraine, their unusual beauty, rare sincere
qualities and the ability harmoniously combine professional qualities and
ability to create a cozy family. It is necessary to wish our ladies more
confidence in their abilities and not only to be called for by a society with
all her various talents but also (despite patriarchal relapses) to get an
adequate appreciation of all these qualities.
By Oleg Georgievskiy, Copyright 2008. All rights reserved.
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