The ultimate Estonian taboo: “Maarja is also leaving Estonia...”

Archived Articles | 13 Jul 2009 | EWR

Joao Lopes Marques, The Baltic Times

It is never easy to write about — or to break — a national taboo. I will do my best: Estonia is on the verge of a dramatic social convulsion. Statistics don’t show this demographic trend, but it seems to me all my female friends and acquaintances are about to leave the country.

“Can you explain why?” I asked Maarja.

“Because I am fed up with Estonian men,” she quickly replied. “Besides being arrogant, they drink too much and don’t make any effort to seduce us! They know it is still quite easy to get a girl in Estonia... Historically, there are more women than men in Estonia.”

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