Asian Brides for Sale

If you Google for Asian brides online, you will see a plethora of sites for mail-order-brides from the Philippines. Initially the mail-order-bride system was paper catalogue-based, which was often printed only once. This started in the 1980s when Western men looked beyond their own country to search for a soul mate. With the birth of the World Wide Web, you can literally see Asian Brides for Sale banners on certain sites. It has been so predominant that feminist groups in the Philippines have been fighting to prohibit such degradation of Filipino women as disposable goods. Despite the unconventional way to find a lifetime partner, mail-order-bride gained so much popularity because of its uniqueness and largely because of success stories from married couples who are proof themselves that sometimes it works.

4 July 2008 | Travel