- Women are definitely the caretakers of the home. They raise the children and if they don't have a job outside of the home, they spend most of their days inside.
- Women are expected to serve their husbands, sons and any guests that come into their home. Albanian men tend to be quite possessive of their wives, daughters, etc.
- It is a big deal for men and women to simply hang out together. If a single man and a single woman are spending time together, it is assumed that they are engaged.
- Unmarried women can get a bad reputation if they are seen outside too much, walking around.
- There are still many rules concerning the dating scene. Most Albanian families are very traditional about a man and woman being engaged before they can spend any time together alone.
- Many couples are still somewhat arranged in the sense that uncles or friends, etc. mention to family members that they know of a good single man or woman that would go along well with another man or woman. However, it is increasingly up to the young men and women to chose who they want to marry.
- Women are increasingly becoming employed outside of the home and while many of the men remain unemployed, women don't seem to have as tough of a time finding work.
- In the larger Albanian cities, it is becoming increasingly acceptable for women to both drink alcohol and smoke. Smoking used to be very unacceptable for women, but that is changing more and more.
- Women are almost never served raki, which is the traditional Albanian hard liquor made from grapes.
- Dating is becoming more and more acceptable by Albanians. Arranged marriages was a thing of the past, but it almost never occurs anymore, unless the man or the woman chooses to do so.
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