DogsWithoutHorses wrote:
Well there are places on the internet that resent "western women" for a variety of reasons (most seem to add up to they don't need to be financially dependent on a man so they can afford to chose a partner based on compatibility and love).
Do you seriously believe that no Russian women care about love, or that American girls who chase after prancing pretty boys who party hard every weekend and get an expensive car from daddy would fall for these guys if it weren't for entirely superficial reasons or media brainwashing?
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Women from a patriarchal culture or a very poor country might be good if what you want is someone who can be manipulated or bought with money or citizenship.
In some countries, there's a shortage of men. Latvia is a good example of this (women in Latvia are far from as passive as the women in USA or Western-Europe).
I can't speak on behalf of Americans, but most Russian or Fillipino women who end up in Scandinavia, typically has a master's degree that would probably give her a decent salary in Russia as well. One thai woman who was married to a Norwegian man still stood by him after he ended up on disability, which here in Norway is to little to get a mortgage or own a car.
You're confusing this practice with mailorder brides. Most developed countries today won't even approve of a marriage unless both parts can prove that it's simply not a charade to get a green card.
I'll never consider marrying someone from a developing country (a very small risk that she's after my money is still a risk), but I'm not judging the ones who do. Here in Norway, single girls today stop caring about their looks after 20; they get a low-maintenance haircut, wear gym slacks instead of jeans and gain 50 lbs.