Cypriot Male Bastion of Coffee Shop Crumbles

By Michele Kambas

XYLOPHAGOU, Cyprus (Reuters) - The last bastion of the Cypriot male, the hallowed coffee shop, is being challenged by a group of grandmothers who have had their fill of husbands going off for hours on end as they mind the children at home.

Women of the farming village of Xylophagou, once not allowed down the road without a male escort, now say the boot is on the other foot.

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