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vad:

--- Quote from: james_s on January 06, 2023, 05:53:05 pm ---Why on earth would anyone get married or have kids under those constraints? Was remaining a bachelor prohibited too?

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People had lower expectations, and moving back to parents or to employer-provided hostel did not sound as terrible idea back then. Being a bachelor or having de facto relationship was permitted, but entry into certain professions required marriage as prerequisite. For example, a bachelor could not make career in KGB.

vad:
… being unemployed was prohibited though, and offenders were tried in courts for “parasitism” and sent to labor camps.

james_s:

--- Quote from: vad on January 06, 2023, 07:02:36 pm ---People had lower expectations, and moving back to parents or to employer-provided hostel did not sound as terrible idea back then. Being a bachelor or having de facto relationship was permitted, but entry into certain professions required marriage as prerequisite. For example, a bachelor could not make career in KGB.

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That's interesting, it seems like being a bachelor would be ideal for positions like that which could be dangerous and require a lot of travel. A person with no wife/kids is much more able to go off and do things without a family wondering where they are or digging into their affairs.

AVGresponding:

--- Quote from: james_s on January 06, 2023, 07:38:44 pm ---
--- Quote from: vad on January 06, 2023, 07:02:36 pm ---People had lower expectations, and moving back to parents or to employer-provided hostel did not sound as terrible idea back then. Being a bachelor or having de facto relationship was permitted, but entry into certain professions required marriage as prerequisite. For example, a bachelor could not make career in KGB.

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That's interesting, it seems like being a bachelor would be ideal for positions like that which could be dangerous and require a lot of travel. A person with no wife/kids is much more able to go off and do things without a family wondering where they are or digging into their affairs.

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On the other hand, having the family back home gives the state a certain amount of leverage, should the employee feel like conditions might be more favourable overseas

vad:

--- Quote from: james_s on January 06, 2023, 07:38:44 pm ---That's interesting, it seems like being a bachelor would be ideal for positions like that which could be dangerous and require a lot of travel. A person with no wife/kids is much more able to go off and do things without a family wondering where they are or digging into their affairs.

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Married men are less likely to defect or get romantically involved with enemies of the state.
As an added bonus, wife and children can serve as hostages. The jobs like that require loyalty to the organization. KGB hired smart people, and communist propaganda brainwashing did not work well enough to ensure complete loyalty of its smart and well informed members. Taking hostages was technique favored by KGB to reinforce the loyalty.

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