Brides for sale: Czech brides are on offer on the internet. What is being said about them in this strange love market?
A wedding is supposed to be a matter of two lovers who intend to spend the rest of their days together. Even those who can't find the right person for a long time often dream of such a commitment, which has been noticed by entrepreneurs who have decided to make their desires come true. On the Internet, one can find a number of more or less dubious sites full of photos of single people who are eager to marry (or get married) in a country other than the one they are currently in and which is their home.
Although a marriage vow between a citizen and a foreigner may be merely a barter transaction intended to enable the foreigner to secure long-term residence in the new country, it is not always the betrothed who aim to deceive the system. Marriages between fiancés from different countries and cultures are more common today than ever before. According to the Czech Statistical Office, one in ten couples at the altar in 2018 included at least one foreigner. If we do not count Czech women, men most often married Slovak, Ukrainian or Russian women. Women, if they chose to marry a foreigner, most often married a Slovak, a German or a man from the United Kingdom. In general, women, with the exception of ties with Slovaks, tend to aim westward when choosing a counterpart, while men tend to aim eastward when choosing a partner from another country.
According to the website TopForeignBrides.com, "mail order" brides date back to 19th century America. Single men placed their inquiries in printed publications, and women who were interested in the ad sent photos to the address listed. If the potential bride was suitable, according to the potential groom, it was hand in hand. A few decades back, the first international agencies appeared and embarked on such matchmaking with even greater vigour: They created printed catalogues of brides and later moved into the online space, which currently dominates this type of matchmaking.
Research from Knox Collage has shown that women who choose to offer themselves as potential brides are often eager to escape the atmosphere of traditional society. They dream of living in the United States because they find the men there more loyal, less jealous, less aggressive, and the brides offered the impression that such prospective husbands are not even as chauvinistic as those they are used to from their homeland. Rather than men from their own country, these women are looking for someone with a higher social status and established background. It's probably not surprising that they are often scantily clad on their profiles to maximize their chances.
Men, on the other hand, are looking for a companion who will cater to traditional female roles in their home. Often they choose partners who are young, even considerably younger than themselves, so a difference of thirty or forty years is no exception. And they are willing to pay well for it.
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According to a source, the price of a Russian bride starts at $5,000. Ukrainian brides are available at prices starting at $3,500. Asian women can be inquired about starting at $2,000 and an exotic Latino beauty can be sought out by potential grooms for a price that starts at $3,000. Doesn't this all seem illegal, unethical and just plain weird? Agencies often plead that they are purely and simply a dating platform that charges money for its operation, plus the bride needs to pay for her airfare and other expenses associated with her successful move to the love of her life, with whom she has corresponded online, fallen in love and plans to be happy ever after.
That being said, the men who book the bride are mostly from the United States. According to NewBrides.net, they most often choose from Asian women, Southern European women, Latin American women or African American women. Beyond Asia, women from the Philippines, Vietnam, China or India are most often offered on similar sites. Eastern Europe is most often thought of as Ukraine or Russia. Latin America offers mainly brides from Mexico, Colombia or Brazil and African potential wives are most often from Nigeria or Ethiopia.
And what is written about women from different parts of the world? About Russian women, the site says they are naturally beautiful, traditional and expect a man to be a provider. Ukrainian women have great management skills and the ability to plan. They take care of their appearance as well as excellent cuisine. Filipinas are supposed to be the most caring and supportive wives on earth. Chinese women are said to recognize a sort of white man cult and it is a wonderful experience to encounter this attitude of theirs if you are a man who idolizes Asian beauty. Nigerian women are smart, beautiful, religious, traditional and very practical. You'll never be bored with a Mexican woman and Brazilian women get sexier and sexier as they get older.
Even though Czech brides are not the most frequently sold brides, they also register the offer and are written about as the most intelligent women from Eastern Europe (yes, not only this foreign website simply considers us to be Eastern). At the same time, Czech brides for sale are often supposed to be real specialists in various fields. They are therefore recommended if the prospective groom intends to get into a chomoute with a brave, smart woman. Then Czech roots are an ideal choice.
