Ukrainian Girl on Biggest Culture Shock Living in Norway 
Ivanna from Ukraine shares her biggest culture shocks after 1.5 years living in Oslo, Norway.
Ukrainian Girl on Biggest Culture Shock Living in Norway
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Donโt expect dating to be traditional. Youโre in a egalitarian country now so you have to step up your game if you want to date.
is not traditional to think you are a princess and have privilege. Females always worked hard all day in all human history, ask your grand mother if she thought she is a princess and deserve privileges
@Frivals, stop projecting. There is nothing in her response that claims an expectation of a princess treatment. Traditional gender roles for women arenโt princess ones.
@@calis2497 You obviously donโt know many Eastern Slavic women. I do know many of them. They generally do think that the men should do all the work and spoil their girls like princesses with gifts and constant proof of admiration. In return their men get a beautiful girl (according to their logic). Is the woman in the video like that as well? None of us can tell from that short clip but she kind of indicated it by somewhat disapprovingly โnot understandingโ the woman carrying bags.
@@calis2497 she just complained and is angry that other females donโt have the princess syndrome like her so they handled suitcases at the airport, do you even have a brain?
@@MrAwsome1991 of course you can tell from this short video! โMama mia, I donโt understand why is she working at handling suitecasesโ
she just complained and is angry that other females donโt have the princess syndrome like her so they handled suitcases at the airport, do you even have a brain?
Wow, I would love to live in a country striving for real gender equality
Only thing is that I really like brightly colored clothes, so I am going to keep wearing them no matter where I am
Will the women be on the front line in the time of war?
Effeminate behavior in men leads to a disorganized and dysfunctional society
where are you from?
This is crazy. I was shocked too, but now I understand how incredible is that
Let men be men and women be women
Oh, the little princess just discovered that females too must work โhardโ and handling the suitecases at airports
hope you are not traumatized too much
Lovely lady!
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Happy Saturday, Marina!
As the son of a mother ( whose father was mostly busy / away making money using Jack and Bean stalk type schemes), i am not shocked. Mum used to do everything, including painting the home and fixing electrical issues.
All females in all human history worked hard all day, just today we see the princess syndrome
The issue is that many women were left alone to do everything but were never taught the skills so they wouldnโt get paid or had to hire men.
Also who paints a house everyday or has electrical issues to always fix? Apart from changing light bulbs i never had any electrical problem to fix in 30 years.
โ@@redleeks6253 When did the guy write his mom painted everyday, these were examples, among many things. Also what he wrote is exactly what you claim she didnโt have. She fixed things herself, she didnโt have to rely on someone, or leave it broken because she didnโt have money to fix it. Fixing things at home is usually considered a mans job, and something they get creditet for doing. They donโt get blamed for not being an entrepreneur who hasnโt started up a whole carpenter company yet. Usually if you can easily fix it yourself, why would you need or even want to pay someone for it?
I find it impressive you havenโt lifted a finger in 30 years. The house must be brown and moldy in there by now.
I live in an expensive new apartment (from 2019) where one of the spotlights in my bathroom has stopped working, and I just asked the company who built the building to come and look at it (I have a 5 year warranty).
Also my dog managed to drag down the jacket knob thing in my hall when she was looking for candy in one of the pockets. It left two noticable holes in the wall. So I will probably have to fill it and paint the room (very hard to get the same colour if I only paint the holes).
Also I lost my old Mac computer twice on the floor. It left two huge marks on my eak floor. So I googled on YT ways to fix it, ordered the things i needed from the internet and fixed it. Tada.
And lord, two of my pleated blinders got ripped and fell down almost at the same time (so unlucky right). So I had to buy new ones and the guy who put them up for me was super busy, and I hate waiting. So I bought a drill and just did it myself.
I also have built my share of Ikea furniture etcโฆ Given CPR to plenty of computers, phones and TVโs and made dem work again.
Iโm not dead, I donโt need to have someone change my diapers yet just because I can afford to.
Women like that no longer exist.
Thatโs true
it calls equality
No, it is called stupidity
They better sign up for the draft too
I mean yeah but whatโs the point in being condescending towards someone who never had the luxury to deviate from gender roles?
โ@@S3aCa1mRa1n they have to go to sesion ( pre-draft) now โ on the old system they could get called in for service if they were over 25 and still did not have kids. My mother got called inn, but she had just become pregnant. ( males have to go to the military, women dont need to couse we make babies )
โ@karolinemathildehellan7869 so biology disagrees with top down societal programming? Next youโre going to tell me that men make better heavy lifters and women make better nurses
Being equal is not the same as being identical.
Then what does it mean? People who say โseperate but equalโ have yet to give a proper explanation for what that means.
English is obviously not her native language, but I know what she means.
Sheesh.
โIt means being equal in value and having the same legal rights and learning valuable things no matter your gender @@ashvinveeraraghavan8450
True, but Norwegians do both.
โ@ashvinveeraraghavan8450 well I see fairness and equality as totally different. Itโs equal to give a poor man and a millionaire ยฃ100 but itโs not fair. It would be more fair to give all the money to the poor but it would then not be equal
This is very interesting!! Itโs nice that there are different cultures and itโs normal to be surprised about some things. I like that sheโs respectful and not judgemental or negative in any way about their customs. Guests to the country are not supposed to understand locals 100% on a personal level but itโs important that they respect and learn new stuff.
guests? she probably moved to Norway permanently.
@@NoctLightCloud umm I wouldnโt know that automatically. And even if yes, noone can get a โpermanent residenceโ right away. It takes a lot of work, time, integration courses, etc. During which a person gets more and more familiar with the local norms and eventually gets more knowledgeable about them than a โguestโ.
โ@@pinkeypromisesdude, of course she ran away from the war. How can you NOT understand it.
โ@@AA-cf4eswhats your Point ?
She sounds more like a traditional woman. Feminists will say sheโs oppressed even though sheโs happy.
I love the accent. You look beautiful as well
You are beautiful and I love your voice. Thank you.
Nordic and germans for me. BEING A LIBRA FREE SPACE AND INDEPENDENCE IS WHAT I DESERVE. JUST WANT A LIL COMFORT AND GREAT AMOUNT OF UNDERSTANDING FROM MY PARTNER
OKAY BUT WHY ARE YOU SHOUTING
@@Chromium457 why will i bro.
Oh girl you have no idea. Enjoy being a man
True, they are obsessed with not stading out and being all the same
โEveryone wants to be the sameโ
โIndependence is important hereโ
Indepence equals self sufficiency but also everyone wants to fit into the same mold. I go deep into it in my Swedish videos
Perhaps itโs a language barrier thing. They donโt want to be the same. They donโt want to stand out/show off. Its hard to feel free when everybody stares at you
Independence and individuality are two different things.
English isnโt your strong suit huh
I thought the same thing, but I think its cause English isnโt her first language. Everyone wants to be the same= people want to feel like part of a community. Independence is important= people are strong and allowed to find their individuality. When they come together, people can find the hobbies and jobs they love and when they do, they find a community thatโs accepting.
Go Norway!
*and IvANa 
Thatโs sound like a DREAM.
Thatโs why I love Norway. It thrives on equality. It is also a beautiful country.
itโs beautiful, I been working there for a year as a truck driverโฆ.and even tho I totally respect Norwegians, they created amazing country and they should be proud of it and keep it Norwegian.
but I personally donโt like the โwe all the same vibeโ
it feels like not reality, because I am from Lithuania, and when I worked in Postnoord as a truck driver/loaderโฆnot even single woman was working that, but there was few in management.
and itโs normal for us. girls donโt like loading trucks and driving that sheet, on average. ladies prefer organising. logistics.
all the wherehouse physical work was virtually done by East European and Norwegian working class men.
but then society sort ofโฆbuilt of false premise that we are all equal with same capabilites and so on.
even in Norway, most of the brutal, hard, dirty work is done mainly by men.
not even talking about offshore platforms, commercial diving, mining. and so on.
boolshit
It thrives on oil money, lol.
I wanna move to Norway!
Sheโs so charming! Are a lot of Ukranians very good english speakers?
Depends on whatโs a lot. In percentage terms, one of the highest in Eastern Europe, but much less than in Scandinavia or Netherlands, for example.
Maybe 40% speak it, 20% speak it well. Basically nobody older than 50 speak it, but more than half of people in their 20s speak it.
Not really. Most people who escaped the war are wealthy, at least middle class, and educated. Those demographics usually speak better english.
Ivana seems like a great women