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Originally Posted by ebonikz1
From what I've seen of his family, his mother and grandmother are controlling but are in no way strong independent women by any stretch of the imagination. The grandmother never got her drivers license-her husband dictates where and when they go somewhere everyday. His mother while she has a Doctorate in Psychology and owns her own practice, she didn't get her drivers license until she was in her late 20's and even today has her husband and her sons drive her everywhere. She refuses to drive on highways, will not go to a shopping mall the DMV or emissions without a man present. His mother still has her green card and never got the right to vote because her father believed women shouldn't have a political voice-their place is in the kitchen...
Sounds like perpetuate dependency on a man to me...nothing about that screams "strong, powerful, woman".
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That's actually very smart on her part. She might have had some forethought with that decision. Her son now has the right to dual citizenship in Italy. If she became a US citizen, that would not be the case.
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