| Why are so many American men seeking brides from | | | | women from third world countries wish to marry |
| abroad when there are so many single women at | | | | Western men (if you don't think so, ask yourself |
| home? There are several reasons: | | | | how many of these women pursue men from Peru |
| (1) Nobody at home wants to marry them (in some | | | | or Indonesia). Since the number of women is far |
| cases) | | | | greater than the number of Western men looking for |
| Unfortunately, the popular image of the alcoholic, | | | | them, supply and demand favors the Western man. |
| abusive loser who takes a foreign bride because no | | | | It thus becomes no problem at all for a man in his |
| local woman will marry him is sometimes accurate. It | | | | 50s to marry a 20-year-old Chinese model, for |
| would certainly be painting with too broad a brush to | | | | example. |
| say that all American men who seek international | | | | (3) A lot of American men don't like American |
| brides are like this, the abusive personality does seem | | | | women. One could say that opposite attract, but |
| to be well represented among men seeking bride | | | | complaints abound among a certain segment of |
| from overseas. It makes a lot of sense when you | | | | American men that feminism has gone too far, that it |
| think about it - the foreign bride often knows very | | | | no longer has anything to do with equal rights or |
| little about her husband when she comes over. By | | | | fairness, and that it has morphed US women into a |
| the time she discovers who he really is, she is far | | | | third gender - neither masculine nor feminine, |
| from home, economically dependent, unable to afford | | | | confused about their gender identity, and forever |
| to go back home, and sometimes pregnant. Abusers | | | | competing rather than cooperating to prove that |
| sometimes take full advantage of this situation by | | | | "women can do anything men can do". This silent war |
| forcing their brides to submit to treatment that few | | | | between the sexes creates a competitive |
| American women would put up with. | | | | atmosphere, some say, that destroys any chance for |
| (2) Citizenship in a prosperous Western nation greatly | | | | true intimacy between spouses. Because of this, |
| increases their position in the marriage market. The | | | | American men turn to foreign countries to find a |
| hope of a new life in rich America (or some other | | | | bride (and American women increasingly look |
| Western country) is certainly the top reason why | | | | overseas for husbands!). |