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Women tend to be less educated than men (though that trend is starting to change), and a majority of women have agricultural and familial duties at the house.
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While many women work and hold some positions of power, salaries tend to be lower and people will usually defer to a man’s opinion over a woman’s.
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In many areas, women are not supposed to converse too much with a man who is not a friend of the family.
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Foreign women are not scrutinized as closely, but will be judged for "unacceptable" behavior.
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Men tend to be aggressive with foreign women, but not as much with Ethiopian women.
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Respectable women do not generally go out at night or drink to excess. This tends to be less true in the capital and other urban areas.
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Western pornography is rampant across , so many Ethiopian men already have skewed views of Western women, regardless of their behavior.
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Foreign women dating Ethiopian men should make their intentions clear from the beginning to avoid confusion and potential unwanted behavior after they attempt to end a casual relationship.
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Women should be wary of accepting a man's invitation to his home on a date; because this usually communicates that the woman is willing to sleep with the man.
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